Word.ws English Dictionary

loipe

loipe noun: a cross-country ski trail.

Noun

loipe (plural loipes)

  1. A cross-country ski trail.
    • The provision of one of the basic requirements, a prepared track, commonly called a "loipe," is now a normal feature of almost every resort in the world.1979, Mark F. Heller, The Skier's Encyclopedia
    • Cross-country skiers enjoy 21km of loipe, and winter walkers head out on 17km of footpaths; the tourist office offers loipe and walking maps.2004, Krista Dana, The Alps

Forms of loipe

pluralloipes

Origin of loipe

Borrowed from German Loipe, from Norwegian Bokmål løype.

Questions about loipe

What does loipe mean?
Loipe means a cross-country ski trail.
What part of speech is loipe?
Loipe is a noun.
What is the plural of loipe?
The plural of loipe is loipes.

Words near loipe in the dictionary

  1. loineyes
  2. Loing
  3. loins
  4. loinskin
  5. loinskins
  6. loipe
  7. loipes
  8. loir
  9. Loir-et-Cher
  10. Loira
  11. Loire

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: loipe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “loipe.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/loipe. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.