ellenlang
German, adjective[ˈɛlənˌlaŋ]
ellenlang is spelled E-L-L-E-N-L-A-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ellenlang is a German adjective meaning “incredibly long” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(meist mit negativer Konnotation) sehr lang und oft zu lang in Bezug auf Menge oder Zeit: sehr viel, lang…”.
What does ellenlang mean in English?
adjective
- 1
incredibly long
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (meist mit negativer Konnotation) sehr lang und oft zu lang in Bezug auf Menge oder Zeit: sehr viel, lang dauernd
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 ellenlang
- ellenlanger masculine nominative singular
- ellenlange feminine nominative singular
- ellenlanges neuter nominative singular
- ellenlangen genitive masculine singular
- ellenlangem dative masculine singular
- der ellenlange definite includes-article masculine
- die ellenlange definite feminine includes-article
- das ellenlange definite includes-article neuter
- die ellenlangen definite includes-article nominative
- des ellenlangen definite genitive includes-article
- der ellenlangen definite feminine genitive
- dem ellenlangen dative definite includes-article
- den ellenlangen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ellenlang?
- [ˈɛlənˌlaŋ]
- [ˈɛlnˈlaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ellenlang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ellenlang in German?
ellenlang appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).