Mauerläufer
German, noun[ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
Mauerläufer is spelled M-A-U-E-R-L-Ä-U-F-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mauerläufer is a German masculine noun meaning “wallcreeper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Vogel aus der Familie der Kleiber, der in Felswänden und Gebirgsschluchten lebt”.
What does Mauerläufer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewallcreeper
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Vogel aus der Familie der Kleiber, der in Felswänden und Gebirgsschluchten lebt
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 Mauerläufer
- Mauerläufers genitive
- Mauerläufern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mauerläufer?
- [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Mauerläufer in German?
Mauerläufer appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).