Waschhandschuh
[ˈvaʃhantˌʃuː]
The verdict
“Waschhandschuh” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nur an einer Seite geöffneter Waschlappen, den man über die Hand stülpt
Corpus desk
Index DE-waschhandschuh · Waschhandschuh · German
Waschhandschuh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Waschhandschuh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaʃhantˌʃuː] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Waschhandschuh“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Waschhandschuh is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaʃhantˌʃuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nur an einer Seite geöffneter Waschlappen, den man über die Hand stülpt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Waschhandschuh in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Waschhandschuh, spelled W-A-S-C-H-H-A-N-D-S-C-H-U-H.
Definition
- 1nur an einer Seite geöffneter Waschlappen, den man über die Hand stülpt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Waschhandschuh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An der Hotelrezeption beschwerte er sich über die dreckigen Waschhandschuhe, die im Bad des Hotelzimmers lagen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.