händisch
[ˈhɛndɪʃ]
The verdict
“händisch” is uncommon German (frequency #65,358 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,358
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit der Hand (gefertigt, bewerkstelligt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-handisch · händisch · German
händisch · rank #65,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,358
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hyperinflation
Nearest frequency peer: Hyperinflation (-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 „händisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hundertscha…
Hundertschaften
34,646 corpus weight
- Hydranten
Hydranten
34,645 corpus weight
- Hyperinflat…
Hyperinflation
34,644 corpus weight
- händisch
händisch
34,643 corpus weight
- hässlichste
hässlichste
34,642 corpus weight
- höflichen
höflichen
34,641 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „händisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | händisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɛndɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „händisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
händisch is uncommon German at frequency #65,358 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɛndɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit der Hand (gefertigt, bewerkstelligt)".
Zero misspellings are on record for händisch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is händisch, spelled H-Ä-N-D-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1mit der Hand (gefertigt, bewerkstelligt)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how händisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Werden Nordseekrabben eigentlich händisch gepult?
„Auch bei Aldi Süd möchte man wegkommen vom händischen Auszählen der leeren Flaschen an der Kasse, so ist auf Nachfrage zu erfahren.“
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Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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