Basejumping

/[ˈbɛɪ̯sˌd͡ʒampɪŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Basejumping” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Extremsport, bei dem die Sportler mit einem Fallschirm von einem hohen Punkt aus – beispielsweise von Brücken, Felsen, Hochhäusern oder Türmen – in die Tiefe springen

Key facts for Basejumping
PropertyValue
HeadwordBasejumping
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɛɪ̯sˌd͡ʒampɪŋ]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Basejumping” sits in German frequency

Basejumping falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Basejumping is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɛɪ̯sˌd͡ʒampɪŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Extremsport, bei dem die Sportler mit einem Fallschirm von einem hohen Punkt aus – beispielsweise von Brücken, Felsen, Hochhäusern oder Türmen – in die Tiefe springen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Basejumping in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Basejumping, spelled B-A-S-E-J-U-M-P-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extremsport, bei dem die Sportler mit einem Fallschirm von einem hohen Punkt aus – beispielsweise von Brücken, Felsen, Hochhäusern oder Türmen – in die Tiefe springen

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Basejumping"?
"Basejumping" is spelled B-A-S-E-J-U-M-P-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɛɪ̯sˌd͡ʒampɪŋ].
What does "Basejumping" mean?
As a noun, "Basejumping" means: Extremsport, bei dem die Sportler mit einem Fallschirm von einem hohen Punkt aus – beispielsweise von Brücken, Felsen, Hochhäusern oder Türmen – in die Tiefe springen
How do you pronounce "Basejumping"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Basejumping" is [ˈbɛɪ̯sˌd͡ʒampɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Basejumping" come from?
"Basejumping" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Basejumping”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-A-S-E-J-U-M-P-I-N-G — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbɛɪ̯sˌd͡ʒampɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.