Marathonlauf
[ˈmaːʁatɔnˌlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Marathonlauf” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disziplin der Leichtathletik, bei der eine Strecke von 42,195 Kilometern gelaufen werden muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-marathonlauf · Marathonlauf · German
Marathonlauf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marathonlauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaːʁatɔnˌlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Marathonlauf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Marathonlauf is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaːʁatɔnˌlaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disziplin der Leichtathletik, bei der eine Strecke von 42,195 Kilometern gelaufen werden muss".
Marathonlauf doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Marathonlauf, spelled M-A-R-A-T-H-O-N-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1Disziplin der Leichtathletik, bei der eine Strecke von 42,195 Kilometern gelaufen werden muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Marathonlauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er bereitet sich akribisch auf den Marathonlauf im Herbst vor.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.