Handikap
[ˈhɛndiˌkɛp]
The verdict
“Handikap” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - soziale (und/oder körperliche) Benachteiligung aufgrund einer Behinderung
Corpus desk
Index DE-handikap · Handikap · German
Handikap · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Handikap |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛndiˌkɛp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Handikap“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Handikap is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛndiˌkɛp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Handikap, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Handikap, spelled H-A-N-D-I-K-A-P.
Definition
- 1soziale (und/oder körperliche) Benachteiligung aufgrund einer Behinderung
- 2Faktor zur Nivellierung unterschiedlicher Leistungsstärken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Handikap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wirkungen der Stilkritik haben – als ein zusätzliches Handikap – die Form, daß erfolgreich von ihr bekämpfte Sprachmängel nicht mehr auftreten.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.