hantieren
German, verb/hanˈtiːʁən/
hantieren is spelled H-A-N-T-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hantieren is a German verb meaning “to handle; to tamper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geschäftig (mit den Händen) mit einer Sache umgehen”.
What does hantieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to handle; to tamper
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. geschäftig (mit den Händen) mit einer Sache umgehen 2. mit einer Angelegenheit umgehen
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 hantieren
- hantiert present singular third-person
- hantierte past
- haben auxiliary
- hantierend participle present
- hantiere first-person indicative present
- hantierst indicative present second-person
- hantierest second-person singular subjunctive
- hantieret plural second-person subjunctive
- hantierten first-person indicative plural
- hantiertest indicative preterite second-person
- hantiertet indicative plural preterite
- hantier imperative second-person singular
- habe hantiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben hantiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- hantiere! imperative singular
- hantier! imperative singular
- hantiert! imperative plural
- hantiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hantieren?
- /hanˈtiːʁən/
- [hanˈtiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hantieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hantieren in German?
hantieren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).