Vocabulary
das
Handout
/ˈhɛntʔaʊ̯t/· noun· Pl. die Handouts
handout
A Handout sums up a talk on one or two pages — structure, key terms, figures, sources — so listeners can follow and keep it. In many seminars it is distinct from the Thesenpapier, which puts claims up for discussion; some lecturers use the two words for the same thing.
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Forms
- Singular
- das Handout
- Plural
- die Handouts
- Genitiv
- des Handouts
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Handout
handout (for a talk)
Das Handout fasst die wichtigsten Zahlen auf einer Seite zusammen.
The handout sums up the key figures on one page.
Word family
Handoutdie Handhand (Handout is English hand + out)aushändigento hand over, to hand out (formal German verb)
Common combinations
- ein Handout verteilento hand out a handout
- auf dem Handouton the handout
- ein Handout erstellento make a handout
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
die Tischvorlage (formal, for a meeting)
Common learner mistakes
- die Handoutdas HandoutHandout is neuter: das Handout, like das Ticket and das Team. Learn the gender with each loanword — many are masculine (der Job, der Laptop).
Real examples
- Auf dem Handout stehen die Gliederung und die Quellen.The structure and the sources are on the handout.
- Bitte laden Sie Ihr Handout einen Tag vorher auf die Lernplattform.Please upload your handout to the learning platform a day in advance.
- Ich habe zwanzig Handouts kopiert, aber es kamen fünfundzwanzig Leute.I copied twenty handouts, but twenty-five people came.
