Elefantenrennen
German, noun/eleˈfantn̩ˌʀɛnən/
Elefantenrennen is spelled E-L-E-F-A-N-T-E-N-R-E-N-N-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written German, the 391,488th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elefantenrennen is a German neuter noun meaning “elephant race” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Situation, wenn ein LKW einen anderen auf einer Autobahn oder einer anderen mehrspurigen Straße mit nur…”.
What does Elefantenrennen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterelephant race
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Situation, wenn ein LKW einen anderen auf einer Autobahn oder einer anderen mehrspurigen Straße mit nur geringem Geschwindigkeitsunterschied überholt
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 Elefantenrennen
- Elefantenrennens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Elefantenrennen?
- /eleˈfantn̩ˌʀɛnən/
- [eleˈfantn̩ˌʁɛnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Elefantenrennen in German?
Elefantenrennen appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).