eislaufen
German, verb
eislaufen is spelled E-I-S-L-A-U-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eislaufen is a German verb meaning “to ice-skate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Eislaufen is a different word: “gerund of eislaufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit Schlittschuhen auf einer Eisfläche bewegen (als Freizeitvergnügen, Sport oder Tanz)”.
What does eislaufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ice-skate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of eislaufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mit Schlittschuhen auf einer Eisfläche bewegen (als Freizeitvergnügen, Sport oder Tanz)
noun: 1. Bewegung mit Schlittschuhen auf einer Eisfläche (als Freizeitvergnügen, Sport oder Tanz)
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 eislaufen
- läuft eis present singular third-person
- lief eis past
- eisgelaufen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- eislaufend participle present
- eiszulaufen infinitive infinitive-zu
- laufe eis first-person indicative present
- laufen eis first-person indicative plural
- läufst eis indicative present second-person
- lauft eis indicative plural present
- laufest eis second-person singular subjunctive
- laufet eis plural second-person subjunctive
- liefen eis first-person indicative plural
- liefe eis first-person singular subjunctive
- liefst eis indicative preterite second-person
- lieft eis indicative plural preterite
- liefest eis second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eislaufen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eislaufen in German?
eislaufen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).