handwarm
German, adjective[ˈhantˌvaʁm]
handwarm is spelled H-A-N-D-W-A-R-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handwarm is a German adjective meaning “lukewarm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur so warm, dass ein längeres Anfassen noch angenehm ist”.
What does handwarm mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lukewarm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur so warm, dass ein längeres Anfassen noch angenehm ist
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 handwarm
- handwarmer masculine nominative singular
- handwarme feminine nominative singular
- handwarmes neuter nominative singular
- handwarmen genitive masculine singular
- handwarmem dative masculine singular
- der handwarme definite includes-article masculine
- die handwarme definite feminine includes-article
- das handwarme definite includes-article neuter
- die handwarmen definite includes-article nominative
- des handwarmen definite genitive includes-article
- der handwarmen definite feminine genitive
- dem handwarmen dative definite includes-article
- den handwarmen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce handwarm?
- [ˈhantˌvaʁm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is handwarm in German?
handwarm appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).