cross country

• Bezeichnet eine Fortbewegung, Reise oder einen Wettkampf abseits befestigter Straßen oder Wege, meist durch offenes Gelände; wird häufig im Zusammenhang mit Laufen, Skifahren oder Autofahren verwendet.

A term describing travel, movement, or competition that takes place across open countryside rather than on roads or tracks, often used in running, skiing, or driving contexts.

1. Running over natural terrainB1formal

   A sport in which participants run long distances over fields, hills, and other natural terrain, not on a track.

   Crosslauf

   • She joined the cross country team at school.
   • The cross country race was held in the forest.
   • He trains every morning for cross country.

2. Travel across a countryB1formal

   Traveling from one side of a country to the other, often by car, train, or plane.

   Reise quer durchs Land

   • They went on a cross country road trip last summer.
   • The cross country flight took over six hours.
   • We drove cross country to visit my grandparents.