Handschrift
German, noun/ˈhantˌʃʁɪft/
Handschrift is spelled H-A-N-D-S-C-H-R-I-F-T (11 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handschrift is a German feminine noun meaning “handwriting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “spezielle Ausprägung der handgeschrieben Schrift einer bestimmten Person”.
What does Handschrift mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehandwriting
- 2
femininemanuscript
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. spezielle Ausprägung der handgeschrieben Schrift einer bestimmten Person 2. meist altes, aus der Zeit vor der Erfindung des Buchdrucks stammendes, mit der Hand geschriebenes Dokument 3. Schuldverschreibung mit der eigenhändigen Unterschrift
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 Handschrift
- Handschriften plural
- H. abbreviation
- Hschr. abbreviation
- Hs. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handschrift?
- /ˈhantˌʃʁɪft/
- [ˈhantˌʃʁɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Handschrift
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Handschrift in German?
Handschrift appears 7.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).