Handreichung

[ˈhantˌʁaɪ̯çʊŋ]

/[ˈhantˌʁaɪ̯çʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Handreichung” is uncommon German (frequency #71,430 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,430
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Dienstleistung, Hilfestellung

Corpus desk

Index DE-handreichung · Handreichung · German

Handreichung · rank #71,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,430
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hahns

Nearest frequency peer: Hahns (-2 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 „Handreichung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Handreichung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Handreichung
PropertyValue
HeadwordHandreichung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhantˌʁaɪ̯çʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#71,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Handreichung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Handreichungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hahns“ (#71,428), „harp“ (#71,432), „hafte“ (#71,427). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Handreichung“ bei #71,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Handreichung is uncommon German at frequency #71,430 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhantˌʁaɪ̯çʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Handreichung, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Handreichung, spelled H-A-N-D-R-E-I-C-H-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleine Dienstleistung, Hilfestellung
  2. 2
    schriftlich fixierte Anleitung, wie etwas zu verstehen/zu bewältigen ist
  3. 3
    relativ kurzer Text als Vorweginformation

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Handreichung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Nixblume machte sich sofort in ihrer Nähe durch kleine Handreichungen zu schaffen, hielt ihr zum Haarglätten den Spiegel, besorgte Waschwasser und bediente sie auch sonst aufmerksam und fleißig.“
  2. „Nachdem das junge Mädchen eine kleine Handreichung gemacht hatte, fragte ich sie, wie es ihrer Schwester ginge.“

Synonyms

HilfestellungAnleitungAbstractHandoutTischvorlage

This word in other languages

coup de main(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Handreichung"?
"Handreichung" is spelled H-A-N-D-R-E-I-C-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhantˌʁaɪ̯çʊŋ].
What does "Handreichung" mean?
As a noun, "Handreichung" means: kleine Dienstleistung, Hilfestellung
How do you pronounce "Handreichung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Handreichung" is [ˈhantˌʁaɪ̯çʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Handreichung" come from?
"Handreichung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Handreichung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gliederungen#71,402Instrumentes#71,477Jurisprudenz#71,498Kapuzenpulli#71,505

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list