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American Football

German, noun/əˈmɛʁɪkən ˈfʊtbɔ(ː)l/

American Football is spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L (16 letters). American Football is a German masculine noun meaning “the game of American football” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does American Football mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethe game of American football

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Sportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften mit je elf Spielern versuchen, einen Spielball in die gegnerische Endzone zu bringen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of American Football

  • American Footballs genitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce American Football?

  • /əˈmɛʁɪkən ˈfʊtbɔ(ː)l/
  • [ɛˈmɛʁɪkn̩ ˈfʊtboːl]
  • [əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈfʊtbɔːl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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