handgemacht

[ˈhantɡəˌmaxt]

/[ˈhantɡəˌmaxt]/ adj

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The verdict

“handgemacht” is uncommon German (frequency #81,645 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,645
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Hand angefertigt, das Ergebnis von Handarbeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-handgemacht · handgemacht · German

handgemacht · rank #81,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,645
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Handelszentrum

Nearest frequency peer: Handelszentrum (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „handgemacht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „handgemacht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for handgemacht
PropertyValue
Headwordhandgemacht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhantɡəˌmaxt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,645
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „handgemacht“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).handgemachtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Handelszentrum“ (#81,644), „hanseatischen“ (#81,646), „Handbreit“ (#81,643). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „handgemacht“ bei #81,645. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

handgemacht is uncommon German at frequency #81,645 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhantɡəˌmaxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Hand angefertigt, das Ergebnis von Handarbeit".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for handgemacht, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is handgemacht, spelled H-A-N-D-G-E-M-A-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    von Hand angefertigt, das Ergebnis von Handarbeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how handgemacht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er griff in die Tasche und reichte ihr eine handgemachte Puppe, die er in Kuwait gekauft hatte; sie trug eine Haremshose und einen Schleier.“
  2. „Der Laden bezeichnete sich als Spezialist für handgemachte Schuhe und für Schuhe, die nicht aus Leder waren.“

Synonyms

handgearbeitethandgefertigt

This word in other languages

handmade(English)fait main(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "handgemacht"?
"handgemacht" is spelled H-A-N-D-G-E-M-A-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhantɡəˌmaxt].
What does "handgemacht" mean?
As an adjective, "handgemacht" means: von Hand angefertigt, das Ergebnis von Handarbeit
How do you pronounce "handgemacht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "handgemacht" is [ˈhantɡəˌmaxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "handgemacht" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "handgemacht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hebräischer#81,657Grundformen#81,630hinterzogen#81,671Glücksgriff#81,612

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list