Handhabung
German, noun/ˈhantˌhaːbʊŋ/
Handhabung is spelled H-A-N-D-H-A-B-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handhabung is a German feminine noun meaning “handling, manipulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Art und Weise, wie man etwas Bestimmtes benutzt”.
What does Handhabung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehandling, manipulation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Art und Weise, wie man etwas Bestimmtes benutzt
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 Handhabung
- Handhabungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handhabung?
- /ˈhantˌhaːbʊŋ/
- [ˈhantˌhaːbʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Handhabung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Handhabung in German?
Handhabung appears 4.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).