Handspiel
[ˈhantˌʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Handspiel” is uncommon German (frequency #64,336 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,336
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - regelwidriges Spielen des Balles mit der Hand oder dem Arm
Corpus desk
Index DE-handspiel · Handspiel · German
Handspiel · rank #64,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,336
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Harke
Nearest frequency peer: Harke (+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 „Handspiel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Halligalli
Halligalli
35,670 corpus weight
- handbook
handbook
35,669 corpus weight
- Handbuchs
Handbuchs
35,668 corpus weight
- Handspiel
Handspiel
35,665 corpus weight
- Harke
Harke
35,664 corpus weight
- hasserfüllt
hasserfüllt
35,662 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Handspiel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Handspiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhantˌʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Handspiel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Handspiel is uncommon German at frequency #64,336 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhantˌʃpiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Handspiel, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Handspiel, spelled H-A-N-D-S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1regelwidriges Spielen des Balles mit der Hand oder dem Arm
- 2Spiel aus der Hand, also nur mit den Karten, die man in der Hand hält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Handspiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach einem völlig unnötigen Handspiel von Steffen Reuther im eigenen Strafraum zeigte der Schiedsrichter auf den Elfmeter-Punkt.
„Der Alleinspieler kann ein Handspiel wählen, bei dem er ohne den Skat spielt […] und den Skat auch nicht ansehen darf.“
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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