Seilspringen
[ˈzaɪ̯lˌʃpʁɪŋən]
The verdict
“Seilspringen” 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) - (Kinder-)Spiel, bei dem man über ein geschwungenes Seil springt
Corpus desk
Index DE-seilspringen · Seilspringen · German
Seilspringen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Seilspringen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaɪ̯lˌʃpʁɪŋən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Seilspringen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Seilspringen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaɪ̯lˌʃpʁɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Kinder-)Spiel, bei dem man über ein geschwungenes Seil springt".
Seilspringen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Seilspringen, spelled S-E-I-L-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1(Kinder-)Spiel, bei dem man über ein geschwungenes Seil springt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seilspringen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aus dem Pausenhof spielen die Mädchen gerne Seilspringen.
„Wir sahen ihm beim Seilspringen zu.“
Synonyms
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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.