Berglauf
[ˈbɛʁkˌlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Berglauf” is uncommon German (frequency #82,562 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,562
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disziplin des Laufsports/Laufveranstaltung, bei der eine längere Strecke mit großen Höhenunterschieden bewältigt werden muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-berglauf · Berglauf · German
Berglauf · rank #82,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,562
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bergneustadt
Nearest frequency peer: Bergneustadt (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Berglauf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- begnügte
begnügte
17,442 corpus weight
- beichtet
beichtet
17,441 corpus weight
- Berglauf
Berglauf
17,439 corpus weight
- Bergneustadt
Bergneustadt
17,438 corpus weight
- Bergtour
Bergtour
17,437 corpus weight
- berittenen
berittenen
17,436 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Berglauf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Berglauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛʁkˌlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Berglauf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Berglauf is uncommon German at frequency #82,562 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛʁkˌlaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disziplin des Laufsports/Laufveranstaltung, bei der eine längere Strecke mit großen Höhenunterschieden bewältigt werden muss".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Berglauf, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Berglauf, spelled B-E-R-G-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1Disziplin des Laufsports/Laufveranstaltung, bei der eine längere Strecke mit großen Höhenunterschieden bewältigt werden muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Berglauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dem Veranstalter war vorgeworfen worden, den Berglauf im Juli 2008 trotz starken Windes und Schneefalls nicht abgebrochen zu haben, obwohl einige Teilnehmer in leichter Sommerkleidung mitliefen.“
„Vor einigen Tagen habe ich im Wald lange Bergläufe trainiert, […].“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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