Handkuss
German, noun/ˈhantkʊs/
Handkuss is spelled H-A-N-D-K-U-S-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handkuss is a German masculine noun meaning “hand-kiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Küssen des Handrückens zur Begrüßung oder Verabschiedung”.
What does Handkuss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehand-kiss
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Küssen des Handrückens zur Begrüßung oder Verabschiedung
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 Handkuss
- Handkusses genitive
- Handküsse plural
- Handkusse dative singular
- Handküssen dative definite plural
- Handkuß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handkuss?
- /ˈhantkʊs/
- [ˈhantˌkʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Handkuss in German?
Handkuss appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).