Sport
German, noun/ʃpɔrt/
Sport is spelled S-P-O-R-T (5 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written German, the 934th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sport is a German masculine noun meaning “sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills competitively under a set of rules)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “intensive körperliche und/oder geistige Betätigung mit Leistungsanspruch”.
What does Sport mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesport (athletic activity that uses physical skills competitively under a set of rules)
- 2
masculineathletics, sports, exercise (physical activities (not necessarily with fixed rules) requiring stamina, fitness and skill)
- 3
masculinephysical education, phys ed (element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. intensive körperliche und/oder geistige Betätigung mit Leistungsanspruch 2. die kulturelle Handlung von Menschen, sich körperlich und geistig in Wettkämpfen zu messen 3. Unterrichtsfach an Schulen, in welchem sich die Schüler sportlich beteiligen
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 Sport
- Sports genitive
- Sportes genitive
- Sporte plural rare
- Sporten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sport?
- /ʃpɔrt/
- [ʃpɔʁt]
- [ʃpɔɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sport
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sport in German?
Sport appears 93 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).