Handwurzel
[ˈhantˌvʊʁt͡sl̩]
The verdict
“Handwurzel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - basaler Teil der Hand, der direkt am Handgelenk anschließt
Corpus desk
Index DE-handwurzel · Handwurzel · German
Handwurzel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Handwurzel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhantˌvʊʁt͡sl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Handwurzel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Handwurzel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhantˌvʊʁt͡sl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "basaler Teil der Hand, der direkt am Handgelenk anschließt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Handwurzel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Handwurzel, spelled H-A-N-D-W-U-R-Z-E-L.
Definition
- 1basaler Teil der Hand, der direkt am Handgelenk anschließt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Handwurzel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Test sei freiwillig und führe im Falle einer Verweigerung nicht dazu, dass sie als volljährig eingestuft werden, betont die Sozialbehörde. Im Zentrum der Überprüfung stehe das Röntgen des Kiefers, bei Bedarf auch der Handwurzel oder des Schlüsselbein-Brustbein-Gelenks. Für die Behörden ist es von großer Bedeutung, ob die unbegleiteten Flüchtlinge wie…
Ich habe mir die Handwurzel verstaucht.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.