Basejumping
German, noun[ˈbɛɪ̯sˌd͡ʒampɪŋ]
Basejumping is spelled B-A-S-E-J-U-M-P-I-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basejumping is a German neuter noun meaning “BASE jumping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Extremsport, bei dem die Sportler mit einem Fallschirm von einem hohen Punkt aus – beispielsweise von…”.
What does Basejumping mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterBASE jumping
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 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
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Basejumping
- Basejumpings genitive
- Base-Jumping alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Basejumping?
- [ˈbɛɪ̯sˌd͡ʒampɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Basejumping in German?
Basejumping appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).