Handwerk

Borrowed from South German Handwerk.

Handwerk (plural Handwerks)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Handwerk is the 39717^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 553 individuals. Handwerk is most common among White (95.48%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Handwerk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124.

From Middle High German hantwerc, from Old High German hantwerc, hantwerch, from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką; equivalent to Hand +‎ Werk. More at handiwork.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhantvɛʁk/

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Handwerk n (strong, genitive Handwerkes or Handwerks, plural Handwerke)

1. labour, especially of a manual type
2. trade (skilled practice)
3. something made by hand, handcraft

• Handwerker
• handwerkern
• handwerklich

• Handwerksbetrieb
• Handwerksgeselle
• Handwerksmeister
• Maurerhandwerk
• Metallhandwerk

• “Handwerk” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Handwerk” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Handwerk” in Duden online
• Handwerk on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de