Handgreiflichkeit
German, noun/ˈhantˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪçkaɪ̯t/
Handgreiflichkeit is spelled H-A-N-D-G-R-E-I-F-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handgreiflichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “palpability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “körperliche/tätliche Auseinandersetzung”.
What does Handgreiflichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepalpability
- 2
feminineact of violence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. körperliche/tätliche Auseinandersetzung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Handgreiflichkeit
- Handgreiflichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handgreiflichkeit?
- /ˈhantˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈhantˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Handgreiflichkeit in German?
Handgreiflichkeit appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).