"Handy" meaning in German

See Handy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛndi/ Audio: De-Handy.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛndi Etymology: Some sources claim the existence of an early English preform. Perhaps from English handie-talkie, apparently used as a Motorola product name based on walkie-talkie. Or perhaps derived from English handheld transceiver, coined by CB radio users, later informally applied to the first mobile phones, and soon found in product names. Others assert the use for a phone is exclusively German, possibly as a short form of Handfunktelefon, as which it was marketed by firms like Bosch and Hagenuk. Thus equivalent to an anglicisation of Hand (“hand”) + -i (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|de|en|handie-talkie}} English handie-talkie, {{m+|en|handheld transceiver}} English handheld transceiver, {{suf|de|Hand|-i|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=hand}} Hand (“hand”) + -i (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,s:Handies􂀿now nonstandard􂁀}} Handy n (strong, genitive Handys, plural Handys or (now nonstandard) Handies) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,s:Handies􂀿proscribed􂁀}} Forms: Handys [genitive], Handys [plural], Handies [nonstandard, plural], strong [table-tags], Handy [nominative, singular], Handys [definite, nominative, plural], Handies [definite, nominative, plural, proscribed], Handys [genitive, singular], Handys [definite, genitive, plural], Handies [definite, genitive, plural, proscribed], Handy [dative, singular], Handys [dative, definite, plural], Handies [dative, definite, plural, proscribed], Handy [accusative, singular], Handys [accusative, definite, plural], Handies [accusative, definite, plural, proscribed]
  1. (mobile telephony) mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, phone (portable, wireless telephone) Wikipedia link: Motorola Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Mobile phones Synonyms: Mobiltelefon, Natel [Switzerland] Derived forms: handyfrei, Handynummer, Handyspiel, Handyvertrag, Scheißhandy
    Sense id: en-Handy-de-noun-~vB0mkFe Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German pseudo-loans from English, German terms suffixed with -i, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, mobile-telephony, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony

Inflected forms

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