Handlungsreisender
German, noun/ˈhandlʊŋsˌʁaɪ̯zəndɐ/
Handlungsreisender is spelled H-A-N-D-L-U-N-G-S-R-E-I-S-E-N-D-E-R (18 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handlungsreisender is a German masculine noun meaning “traveling salesman, travelling salesman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter”.
What does Handlungsreisender mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetraveling salesman, travelling salesman
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter
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 Handlungsreisender
- der Handlungsreisende definite nominative
- Handlungsreisenden genitive
- Handlungsreisende plural
- die Handlungsreisenden definite plural
- Handlungsreisendem dative singular strong
- des Handlungsreisenden genitive singular
- der Handlungsreisenden genitive plural
- dem Handlungsreisenden dative singular
- den Handlungsreisenden dative plural
- ein Handlungsreisender nominative singular
- keine Handlungsreisenden nominative plural
- eines Handlungsreisenden genitive singular
- keiner Handlungsreisenden genitive plural
- einem Handlungsreisenden dative singular
- keinen Handlungsreisenden dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handlungsreisender?
- /ˈhandlʊŋsˌʁaɪ̯zəndɐ/
- [ˈhandlʊŋsˌʀaɪ̯zn̩dɐ]
- [ˈhandlʊŋsˌʁaɪ̯zn̩dɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Handlungsreisender in German?
Handlungsreisender appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).