Slalom
German, noun/ˈslaːlɔm/
Slalom is spelled S-L-A-L-O-M (6 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slalom is a German masculine noun meaning “slalom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Strecke, die aus mehreren dicht aufeinanderfolgenden, gegenläufigen, engen Kurven besteht”.
What does Slalom mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslalom
- 2
masculineobstacle course, zigzag
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Strecke, die aus mehreren dicht aufeinanderfolgenden, gegenläufigen, engen Kurven besteht 2. Wettbewerb, der auf einer in dieser Weise verlaufenden Strecke ausgeführt wird
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 Slalom
- Slaloms genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Slalom?
- /ˈslaːlɔm/
- [ˈslaːlɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Slalom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Slalom in German?
Slalom appears 4.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).