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telemark

te·le·mark/ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/noun, verb

telemark is a noun meaning “Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-E-L-E-M-A-R-K and has 3 syllables (te·le·mark), and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of telemark is telemarks.

What does telemark mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.

  2. 2

    A telemark turn.

  3. 3

    A telemark landing.

verb

  1. 1

    To take part in telemark skiing.

  2. 2

    To perform a telemark turn.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce telemark?

  • US /ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/

Telemark has 3 syllables, split te·le·mark in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-telemark.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of telemark

  • telemarks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • telemarking participle, present
  • telemarked participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is telemark?

Telemark appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Telemark in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense telemark skiing:

LanguageWords
Frenchtélémark

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does telemark come from?

From Norwegian Telemark, a county in Norway, from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (“name of an old Germanic tribe”) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).