zu Händen
[t͡su ˈhɛndən]
The verdict
“zu Händen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gibt an, welcher Person in einer Organisation eine Postsendung oder ein Vorgang gegeben werden soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-zu-handen · zu Händen · German
zu Händen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zu Händen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [t͡su ˈhɛndən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zu Händen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zu Händen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [t͡su ˈhɛndən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gibt an, welcher Person in einer Organisation eine Postsendung oder ein Vorgang gegeben werden soll".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zu Händen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zu Händen, spelled Z-U- -H-Ä-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1gibt an, welcher Person in einer Organisation eine Postsendung oder ein Vorgang gegeben werden soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zu Händen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schicken Sie die Unterlagen bitte an die Landwirtschaftskammer, Ressort II, zu Händen Frau Regina Müller.
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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.