Feminine

Handvoll

Meaning

handful, fistful

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

handvoll

Basel-Landschaft

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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