Kampfläufer
German, noun/ˈkam(p)fˌlɔɪ̯fɐ/
Kampfläufer is spelled K-A-M-P-F-L-Ä-U-F-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kampfläufer is a German masculine noun meaning “ruff (Calidris pugnax)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wattvogel, dessen Männchen während der Balz einen verschiedenfarbigen Kragen und ein prächtiges Gefieder…”.
What does Kampfläufer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineruff (Calidris pugnax)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wattvogel, dessen Männchen während der Balz einen verschiedenfarbigen Kragen und ein prächtiges Gefieder tragen sowie Kämpfe austragen (Philomachus pugnax)
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 Kampfläufer
- Kampfläufers genitive
- Kampfläufern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kampfläufer?
- /ˈkam(p)fˌlɔɪ̯fɐ/
- [ˈkamp͡fˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kampfläufer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kampfläufer in German?
Kampfläufer appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).