Handspiel
German, noun[ˈhantˌʃpiːl]
Handspiel is spelled H-A-N-D-S-P-I-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handspiel is a German neuter noun meaning “handball (offence of touching the ball with the hands or arms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “regelwidriges Spielen des Balles mit der Hand oder dem Arm”.
What does Handspiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhandball (offence of touching the ball with the hands or arms)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. regelwidriges Spielen des Balles mit der Hand oder dem Arm 2. Spiel aus der Hand, also nur mit den Karten, die man in der Hand hält
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 Handspiel
- Handspieles genitive
- Handspiels genitive
- Handspiele plural
- Handspielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handspiel?
- [ˈhantˌʃpiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Handspiel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Handspiel in German?
Handspiel appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).