Handy

== English == === Etymology === Originating as a nickname for a handy person. === Proper noun === Handy A surname transferred from the nickname. (rare) A male given name from English. === Anagrams === Haydn == German == === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛndi/ Rhymes: -ɛndi === Noun === Handy n (strong, genitive Handys, plural Handys or (now nonstandard) Handies) (mobile telephony) mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, phone (portable, wireless telephone) Synonyms: Mobiltelefon, (Switzerland) Natel ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== handyfrei Handynummer Handyspiel Handyvertrag Scheißhandy ==== Descendants ==== →? English: handy === References === === Further reading === “Handy”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Handy” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Handy” in Duden online Handy on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === Via German Handy, from English handy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhændi/ === Noun === Handy m (plural Handyen) mobile phone, mobile