Handlanger
German, noun/ˈhantlaŋɐ/
Handlanger is spelled H-A-N-D-L-A-N-G-E-R (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handlanger is a German masculine noun meaning “a handyman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungelernte Hilfskraft”.
What does Handlanger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea handyman
- 2
masculinea henchman
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ungelernte Hilfskraft 2. "die Absichten oder Aufträge eines Anderen ausführende und erfüllende Person"
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 Handlanger
- Handlangers genitive
- Handlangerin feminine
- Handlangern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handlanger?
- /ˈhantlaŋɐ/
- [ˈhantˌlaŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Handlanger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Handlanger in German?
Handlanger appears 1.4 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).