Skiläufer
[ˈʃiːˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
The verdict
“Skiläufer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der Ski läuft; jemand, der das Skilaufen betreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-skilaufer · Skiläufer · German
Skiläufer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Skiläufer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃiːˌlɔɪ̯fɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Skiläufer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Skiläufer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃiːˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der Ski läuft; jemand, der das Skilaufen betreibt".
Skiläufer has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Skiläufer, spelled S-K-I-L-Ä-U-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der Ski läuft; jemand, der das Skilaufen betreibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Skiläufer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Immer mehr Skiläufer trauen sich immer schneller alles zu.“
„Skiläufer schossen wie schwarze Kommas durch den Glanz.“
Synonyms
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.