Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geländeläufer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ge-lande-laufer
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cross-country skier; a participant in cross-country skiing.

Etymology

From German Geländeläufer, from Gelände (“countryside”) + Läufer (“runner”), equivalent to English land + loper.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Geländeläufer

Questions

What does geländeläufer mean?: A cross-country skier; a participant in cross-country skiing.
Where does geländeläufer come from?: It is traced to German.

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