Mittelhand
[ˈmɪtl̩ˌhant]
The verdict
“Mittelhand” 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) - mittlerer Teil der Hand zwischen Handwurzel und Fingern
Corpus desk
Index DE-mittelhand · Mittelhand · German
Mittelhand · 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 "M" 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 | Mittelhand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtl̩ˌhant] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mittelhand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mittelhand is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪtl̩ˌhant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Mittelhand has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mittelhand, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-H-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1mittlerer Teil der Hand zwischen Handwurzel und Fingern
- 2mittlerer Rumpfteil des Pferdes
- 3nach demjenigen der ausspielt, spielen zu müssen (in der Mittelhand sein)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mittelhand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für Europameister Kai Häfner vom Handball-Bundesligisten TSV Hannover-Burgdorf ist die Ligasaison gelaufen. Bei dem Rückraumspieler wurde ein Bruch der linken Mittelhand diagnostiziert. Der 26-Jährige hatte sich diese Blessur beim Testspiel der deutschen Nationalmannschaft am Freitag vergangener Woche in Leipzig gegen Vize-Weltmeister Katar ( 32:17 ) zug…
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.