Handrücken
[ˈhantˌʁʏkŋ̍]
The verdict
“Handrücken” is uncommon German (frequency #58,849 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,849
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil der Hand auf der Gegenseite der Handinnenfläche
Corpus desk
Index DE-handrucken · Handrücken · German
Handrücken · rank #58,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,849
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hanglage
Nearest frequency peer: Hanglage (+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 „Handrücken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- halbnackt
halbnackt
41,156 corpus weight
- hamburgische
hamburgische
41,155 corpus weight
- Handrücken
Handrücken
41,152 corpus weight
- Hanglage
Hanglage
41,151 corpus weight
- Hangover
Hangover
41,150 corpus weight
- hantiert
hantiert
41,149 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Handrücken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Handrücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhantˌʁʏkŋ̍] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Handrücken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Handrücken is uncommon German at frequency #58,849 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhantˌʁʏkŋ̍]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil der Hand auf der Gegenseite der Handinnenfläche".
Zero misspellings are on record for Handrücken in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Handrücken, spelled H-A-N-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Teil der Hand auf der Gegenseite der Handinnenfläche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Handrücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Stempel auf meinem Handrücken bezeugte, dass ich bereits Eintritt gezahlt hatte.
„Claire berührte leicht Nikos Handrücken.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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