sporteln
German, verb/ˈʃpɔʁtl̩n/
sporteln is a German verb meaning “to do sports” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “und sportliche Aktivitäten nicht als Leistungssport, sondern als Freizeitbeschäftigung betreiben”.
What does sporteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandto do sports
verb
- 1
to levy from for personal profit, to bill
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. und sportliche Aktivitäten nicht als Leistungssport, sondern als Freizeitbeschäftigung betreiben
verb: 1. veraltet: Sporteln erheben 2. veraltet: Sporteln einbringen
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 sporteln
- sportelt present singular third-person
- sportelte past
- gesportelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sportelnd participle present
- sportle first-person indicative present
- sportele first-person indicative present
- sportel first-person indicative present
- sportelst indicative present second-person
- sportelest second-person singular subjunctive
- sportlest second-person singular subjunctive
- sportelet plural second-person subjunctive
- sportlet plural second-person subjunctive
- sportelten first-person indicative plural
- sporteltest indicative preterite second-person
- sporteltet indicative plural preterite
- sportel! imperative singular
- sportle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sporteln?
- /ˈʃpɔʁtl̩n/
- [ˈʃpɔʁtl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sporteln in German?
sporteln appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).