zuhanden
[t͡suˈhandn̩]
The verdict
“zuhanden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verfügbar oder erreichbar sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuhanden · zuhanden · German
zuhanden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | zuhanden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [t͡suˈhandn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zuhanden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zuhanden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed [t͡suˈhandn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zuhanden, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 zuhanden, spelled Z-U-H-A-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1verfügbar oder erreichbar sein
- 2zur Weiterbehandlung, Beschlussfassung durch …
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zuhanden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lustig ist, wie die Welt der Antike verkleinert zuhanden gemacht wird: Ein Amphitheater, Säulen, ein Triumphbogen erscheinen im Format einer Kinderzimmermöblierung, auf der sich herumklettern lässt.“
„Der Gemeinderat von Wetzikon hat die Revision der kommunalen Richtplanung zuhanden der öffentlichen Auflage und Vorprüfung verabschiedet.“
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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.