Freiwasserschwimmen
German, noun[ˈfʁaɪ̯vasɐˌʃvɪmən]
Freiwasserschwimmen is spelled F-R-E-I-W-A-S-S-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-M-M-E-N (19 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freiwasserschwimmen is a German neuter noun meaning “open water swimming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sport, der nicht im Becken, sondern in offenem Gewässer stattfindet”.
What does Freiwasserschwimmen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteropen water swimming
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport, der nicht im Becken, sondern in offenem Gewässer stattfindet
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 Freiwasserschwimmen
- Freiwasserschwimmens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Freiwasserschwimmen?
- [ˈfʁaɪ̯vasɐˌʃvɪmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Freiwasserschwimmen in German?
Freiwasserschwimmen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).