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langlauf

langlauf noun: cross-country skiing.

Noun

langlauf (countable and uncountable, plural langlaufs)

  1. (uncountable) Cross-country skiing.
    • Horn's job was to push me down the steepest parts of the langlauf course in the pious hope that a few heavy falls would teach me more respect for Norwegian langlaufs.1948, Arnold Lunn, Mountains of Memory, page 204
    • I'm buying a rowing machine, an exercise bicycle, a langlauf podium, a bullworker.2010, Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, page 95
  2. (countable) A langlauf run; a trip cross-country skiing.
    • There, overcome by the view and a sense of pure delight, one loses the last vestige of human reason, binds planks to one's feet and rushes downward, over wind-crust and powdered snow, over icy ridges and drifted fences, with jumps, turns, traverses, langlaufs and schuss-runs into the valley.1935, Erich Kästner, Three Men in the Snow: A Story, page 55
    • The winter of '98 saw the Sunset Mine kept open by means of what sounds like one of the toughest langlaufs of all time.1937, The Ski Bulletin - Volume 7, Issues 14-15

Verb

langlauf (third-person singular simple present langlaufs, present participle langlaufing, simple past and past participle langlaufed)

  1. To go cross-country skiing.
    • He who langlaufs last langlaufs longest.1970 October, “Ski Sayings”, in Skiing, volume 23, number 2, page 158
    • ‘Weekends the family make excursions. Romp in the woods, langlauf, play badminton.’1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 286

Examples of langlauf in a sentence

  • He went on langlaufs to develop endurance.1949, Louis R. Oshins, Champions' Book of Sports, page 137:
  • He langlaufed across the small plateau that tilted gently upward, and paused on the ridge.1996, Jack Higgins, The Valhalla Exchange, page 251:
  • They langlaufed into Hot Sulphur Springs at 9 p.m., and found the Grand Ball in progress.2011 Nov-Dec, “Winter Carnival Centennial”, in Skiing Heritage Journal, volume 23, number 6, page 6:
  • We then langlaufed over to 'Higgie' (Mt Higginbottom) and finally back to the Diamantina about 3.30.2012, Norman N. Greenwood, Recollections of a Scientist: Boyhood and Youth in Australia:

Forms of langlauf

Noun
plurallanglaufs
Verb
third-person singular presentlanglaufs
present participlelanglaufing
past participlelanglaufed
pastlanglaufed

Origin of langlauf

Borrowed from German Langlauf.

Words formed from langlauf

Questions about langlauf

What does langlauf mean?
Langlauf means cross-country skiing.
How do you use langlauf in a sentence?
He went on langlaufs to develop endurance.
What part of speech is langlauf?
Langlauf can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of langlauf?
The plural of langlauf is langlaufs.

Words near langlauf in the dictionary

  1. Langlands
  2. Langlands conjecture
  3. Langlands conjectures
  4. Langlands program
  5. Langlands programme
  6. langlauf
  7. langlaufed
  8. langlaufer
  9. langlaufers
  10. langlaufing
  11. langlaufs

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