Handlauf
German, noun/ˈhantˌlaʊ̯f/
Handlauf is spelled H-A-N-D-L-A-U-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handlauf is a German masculine noun meaning “hand railing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “oberer Abschluss eines Geländers, an dem man sich festhalten kann”.
What does Handlauf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehand railing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. oberer Abschluss eines Geländers, an dem man sich festhalten kann
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 Handlauf
- Handlaufes genitive
- Handlaufs genitive
- Handläufe plural
- Handlaufe dative singular
- Handläufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handlauf?
- /ˈhantˌlaʊ̯f/
- [ˈhantˌlaʊ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Handlauf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Handlauf in German?
Handlauf appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).