Volleyball
German, noun/ˈvɔleˌbal/
Volleyball is spelled V-O-L-L-E-Y-B-A-L-L (10 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volleyball is a German masculine noun meaning “volleyball (game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sportgerät, Ball zum Spielen von [2]”.
What does Volleyball mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutervolleyball (game)
- 2
masculineneutervolleyball (ball)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sportgerät, Ball zum Spielen von [2] 2. Mannschaftssportart mit dem gleichnamigen Ball 3. Ball, der nicht im Spielfeld aufkommt, sondern direkt aus der Luft zurückgeschlagen 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 Volleyball
- Volleyballes genitive
- Volleyballs genitive
- Volleybälle plural
- Volleyballe dative singular
- Volleybällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Volleyball?
- /ˈvɔleˌbal/
- /ˈvɔliˌbal/
- [ˈvɔlɛɪ̯ˌbal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Volleyball
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Volleyball in German?
Volleyball appears 6.8 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).