seilspringen
German, verb
seilspringen is spelled S-E-I-L-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seilspringen is a German verb meaning “to jump rope, to skip rope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Seilspringen is a different word: “gerund of seilspringen: jump rope”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “als (Kinder-)Spiel über ein geschwungenes Seil springen”.
What does seilspringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jump rope, to skip rope
noun
- 1
neutergerund of seilspringen: jump rope
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Kinder-)Spiel, bei dem man über ein geschwungenes Seil springt
verb: 1. als (Kinder-)Spiel über ein geschwungenes Seil springen
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 seilspringen
- springt seil present singular third-person
- sprang seil past
- seilgesprungen participle past
- spränge seil past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- seilspringend participle present
- seilzuspringen infinitive infinitive-zu
- springe seil first-person indicative present
- springen seil first-person indicative plural
- springst seil indicative present second-person
- springest seil second-person singular subjunctive
- springet seil plural second-person subjunctive
- sprangen seil first-person indicative plural
- sprängen seil first-person formal plural
- sprangst seil indicative preterite second-person
- sprangt seil indicative plural preterite
- sprängest seil formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is seilspringen in German?
seilspringen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).