längs
German, preposition[lɛŋs]
längs is spelled L-Ä-N-G-S (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Längs is a German preposition meaning “along (by the length; in a line with the length)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seitlich (an etwas) entlang”.
What does längs mean in English?
adverb
- 1
lengthwise; lengthways
- 2
colloquialalong (by or to some place)
Komm doch mal wieder bei uns längs!
preposition
- 1
along (by the length; in a line with the length)
längs des Flusses
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. in der Längsachse
preposition: 1. seitlich (an etwas) entlang
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce längs?
- [lɛŋs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to längs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is längs in German?
längs appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).