eislaufen

[ˈaɪ̯sˌlaʊ̯fn̩]

/[ˈaɪ̯sˌlaʊ̯fn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“eislaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,515 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,515
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich mit Schlittschuhen auf einer Eisfläche bewegen (als Freizeitvergnügen, Sport oder Tanz)

Corpus desk

Index DE-eislaufen · eislaufen · German

eislaufen · rank #60,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,515
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Elsterwerda

Nearest frequency peer: Elsterwerda (+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 „eislaufen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „eislaufen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for eislaufen
PropertyValue
Headwordeislaufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaɪ̯sˌlaʊ̯fn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,515
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „eislaufen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).eislaufenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Elsterwerda“ (#60,516), „Eisenbahngesellschaft“ (#60,513), „Empfehlungsschreiben“ (#60,517). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „eislaufen“ bei #60,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

eislaufen is uncommon German at frequency #60,515 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯sˌlaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich mit Schlittschuhen auf einer Eisfläche bewegen (als Freizeitvergnügen, Sport oder Tanz)".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for eislaufen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is eislaufen, spelled E-I-S-L-A-U-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich mit Schlittschuhen auf einer Eisfläche bewegen (als Freizeitvergnügen, Sport oder Tanz)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how eislaufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wir sind lange nicht mehr eisgelaufen.
  2. Die Kinder laufen eis.

This word in other languages

skate(English)patinar(Español)patiner(Français)patinar(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eislaufen"?
"eislaufen" is spelled E-I-S-L-A-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯sˌlaʊ̯fn̩].
What does "eislaufen" mean?
As a verb, "eislaufen" means: sich mit Schlittschuhen auf einer Eisfläche bewegen (als Freizeitvergnügen, Sport oder Tanz)
How do you pronounce "eislaufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eislaufen" is [ˈaɪ̯sˌlaʊ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eislaufen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Endgegner#60,518einwenden#60,510Engpässen#60,520entflammt#60,521

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list