American Football
[ɛˈmɛʁɪkn̩ ˈfʊtboːl]
The verdict
“American Football” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften mit je elf Spielern versuchen, einen Spielball in die gegnerische Endzone zu bringen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | American Football |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɛˈmɛʁɪkn̩ ˈfʊtboːl] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “American Football” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
American Football is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɛˈmɛʁɪkn̩ ˈfʊtboːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften mit je elf Spielern versuchen, einen Spielball in die gegnerische Endzone zu bringen".
Zero misspellings are on record for American Football in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is American Football, spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N- -F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Sportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften mit je elf Spielern versuchen, einen Spielball in die gegnerische Endzone zu bringen
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “American Football”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N- -F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛˈmɛʁɪkn̩ ˈfʊtboːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.