Longline
German, noun/ˈlɔŋlaɪ̯n/
Longline is spelled L-O-N-G-L-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Longline is a German masculine noun meaning “groundstroke played along a sideline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “entlang der Seitenlinie des Spielfeldes gespielter Ball”.
What does Longline mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegroundstroke played along a sideline
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. entlang der Seitenlinie des Spielfeldes
noun: 1. entlang der Seitenlinie des Spielfeldes gespielter Ball
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 Longline
- Longlines genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Longline?
- /ˈlɔŋlaɪ̯n/
- [ˈlɔŋlaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Longline in German?
Longline appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).