Startläufer
[ˈʃtaʁtˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
The verdict
“Startläufer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erster Läufer innerhalb einer Staffel
Corpus desk
Index DE-startlaufer · Startläufer · German
Startläufer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Startläufer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaʁtˌlɔɪ̯fɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Startläufer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Startläufer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaʁtˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erster Läufer innerhalb einer Staffel".
No misspelling variants are generated for Startläufer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Startläufer, spelled S-T-A-R-T-L-Ä-U-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1erster Läufer innerhalb einer Staffel
Antonyms
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.