langlaufEtymologyBorrowed from German Langlauf.nounCross-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.”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.”verbTo go cross-country skiing.“He who langlaufs last langlaufs longest.”