Hindernislauf
[ˈhɪndɐnɪsˌlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Hindernislauf” is uncommon German (frequency #81,666 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,666
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lauf, bei dem eine Person unter Überwindung von Hindernissen eine festgelegte Strecke laufen muss
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hindernislauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪndɐnɪsˌlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #81,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hindernislauf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hindernislauf is uncommon German at frequency #81,666 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪndɐnɪsˌlaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Hindernislauf has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hindernislauf, spelled H-I-N-D-E-R-N-I-S-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1Lauf, bei dem eine Person unter Überwindung von Hindernissen eine festgelegte Strecke laufen muss
- 2mit (großen) Schwierigkeiten behafteter Prozess
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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.
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Using “Hindernislauf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-N-D-E-R-N-I-S-L-A-U-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.