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Freistilschwimmen

freestyle swimming

noun kos-TUEM-proh-beh Rare
Arts & Culture Sports

Also means

front crawl event

Usage Note

Freistilschwimmen is both the competitive freestyle event and a general term for unregulated swimming strokes. In competition it almost always means the front crawl (Kraul), since swimmers choose the fastest stroke; it appears on lane schedules and competition programmes.

Examples

"Beim Freistilschwimmen über 100 Meter setzte er sich von Anfang an an die Spitze."

Natural Translation

In the 100-metre freestyle he moved to the front from the very start.

Literal Translation

At the freestyle-swimming over 100 metres set he himself from the start to the top.

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