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German
Etymology
From Hände (“hands”) + Druck (“squeeze”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Händedruck m (strong, genitive Händedruckes or Händedrucks, plural Händedrücke)
- handshake
1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Die Orgelpfeifen”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., pages 63–64:Und während die beiden Enkel auf dem Bahnhof mit festem Händedruck und einem „Auf Wiedersehen!“ voneinander Abschied nahmen und jeder seines Weges seinem Geschick entgegenschritt, sann Großmama in dem der Heimat zurollenden Zuge nach, wie schön alles werden sollte, […]- And while the two grandchildren bid farewell to each other on the station with a firm handshake and a "Goodbye!" and each walked his way toward his fate, grandma contemplated in the homeward rolling train how beautiful everything should become
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