Handlanger

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Handlanger (“handyman; henchman”), from Hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over, to give; to reach for something”) + -er (in the sense of someone who puts things into another person's hands, that is, someone whose task it is to help another person succeed). The word was loaned into Dutch and might have entered English through the Dutch form. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Hand‧lang‧er === Noun === Handlanger (plural Handlangers) (military, historical) A low-ranking artillery soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army. ==== Related terms ==== handlanger == German == === Etymology === From Hand +‎ langen +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhantlaŋɐ/ Hyphenation: Hand‧lan‧ger === Noun === Handlanger m (strong, genitive Handlangers, plural Handlanger, feminine Handlangerin) a handyman (politics) a henchman ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: handlanger Afrikaans: handlanger → English: handlanger → English: Handlanger → Swedish: hantlangare === Further reading === “Handlanger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Handlanger” in Duden online