Marathon
German, noun/ˈmaʁatɔn/
Marathon is spelled M-A-R-A-T-H-O-N (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marathon is a German masculine noun meaning “marathon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Langstreckenlauf über die Distanz von 42,195 km”.
What does Marathon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarathon
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langstreckenlauf über die Distanz von 42,195 km
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 Marathon
- Marathons genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Marathon?
- /ˈmaʁatɔn/
- [ˈmaʁatʰɔn]
- [ˈmaʁatɔn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Marathon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Marathon in German?
Marathon appears 12 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).