handlungsunfähig
[ˈhandlʊŋsˌʔʊnfɛːɪç]
The verdict
“handlungsunfähig” is uncommon German (frequency #69,328 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,328
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht in der Lage etwas zu machen, zu handeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-handlungsunfahig · handlungsunfähig · German
handlungsunfähig · rank #69,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,328
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Handstand
Nearest frequency peer: Handstand (+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 „handlungsunfähig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- handheld
handheld
30,676 corpus weight
- handlich
handlich
30,675 corpus weight
- handlungsun…
handlungsunfähig
30,673 corpus weight
- Handstand
Handstand
30,672 corpus weight
- Hanteln
Hanteln
30,671 corpus weight
- Harn
Harn
30,670 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „handlungsunfähig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | handlungsunfähig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhandlʊŋsˌʔʊnfɛːɪç] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #69,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „handlungsunfähig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
handlungsunfähig is uncommon German at frequency #69,328 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhandlʊŋsˌʔʊnfɛːɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht in der Lage etwas zu machen, zu handeln".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for handlungsunfähig, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is handlungsunfähig, spelled H-A-N-D-L-U-N-G-S-U-N-F-Ä-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht in der Lage etwas zu machen, zu handeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how handlungsunfähig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Europäische Union zeigt sich seit Konferenzbeginn zerstritten und handlungsunfähig.“
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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