Football
German, noun/ˈfʊtbɔ(ː)l/
Football is a German masculine noun meaning “the kind of ball used in American football” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Oberbegriff für Mannschaftssportarten, bei denen der Ball mit dem Fuß gespielt wird”.
What does Football mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe kind of ball used in American football
- 2
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
noun: 1. Oberbegriff für Mannschaftssportarten, bei denen der Ball mit dem Fuß gespielt wird 2. American Football 3. Ball, der bei einigen Sportarten verwendet wird
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 Football
- Footballs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Football?
- /ˈfʊtbɔ(ː)l/
- [ˈfʊtˌboːl]
- [ˈfʊtˌbɔːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Football in German?
Football appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).