Feminine
Handvoll
handful, fistful
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
handvoll
Basel-Landschaft
hampfle
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German hantvol, hantfol, from Old High German hantfol, from Proto-Germanic *handufulliz, *handufullō, equivalent to Hand + voll. Cognate with Dutch handvol, English handful, Icelandic handfylli.
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