Sport
German edit
Etymology edit
19th century, from English sport.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ʃpɔrt/, [ʃpɔʁt], [ʃpɔɐ̯t], [ʃpɔːt] (standard)
- IPA(key): /spɔrt/ (northern Germany, becoming rare)
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Noun edit
Sport m (strong, genitive Sportes or Sports, plural Sporte)
- sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills competitively under a set of rules)
- athletics, sports, (loosely) exercise (physical activities (not necessarily with fixed rules) requiring stamina, fitness and skill)
- physical education, phys ed (element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health etc.)
- hobby (activity involving exercise or exertion that one enjoys doing in one's spare time)
Usage notes edit
- Sportarten is the preferred plural when referring to multiple specific sports.
Declension edit
Declension of Sport [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms edit
- Alpinsport (“Alpine skiing sport”)
- Amateursport (“amateur sport”)
- Angelsport (“fishing, angling”) (competitively)
- Autosport (“motorsport”)
- Ballsport (“ball sports”)
- Bewegungssport (“exercise sport”)
- Breitensport (“mass sport”)
- Eisslaufsport (“iceskating”) (as a sport)
- Eisstocksport
- Flugsport (“sport aviation, pleasure flying”)
- Frauensport (“women's sport, women's sports”)
- Fußballsport (“soccer, football”) (sport emphasized)
- Hallensport (“indoor sports”)
- Individualsport (“individual sport”)
- Jagdsport (“hunting”) (as a sport)
- Judosport (“judo”) (as a sport)
- Jugendsport (“youth sport”)
- Kampfsport
- Laufsport (“running”) (competitively)
- Leistungssport
- Mannschaftssport (“team sport”)
- Motorsport
- Profisport (“professional sports”)
- Radsport
- Rasensport (“lawn sports, grass sports”)
- Reitsport (“equestrian sport, competitive horseback-riding”)
- Schießsport (“shooting”) (as a sport)
- Schneesport (“snowsports, snow sport”)
- Spitzensport (“elite sport, top-class sport”)
- Taubensport (“pigeon racing”)
- Vereinssport (“sports club; club sports”)
- Volkssport (“national sport”)
- Wassersport (“water sport, water sports”)
- Wintersport (“winter sport, winter sports”)
Derived terms edit
- Altensport (“elderly sports or fitness activities”)
- Betriebssport (“after-work sport facilitated by a company”)
- Denksport (“mental exercise”)
- Frühsport
- Seniorensport (“senior sports”)
- Sitzsport
- Sportanzug
- Sportart
- Sportartikel
- Sportarzt
- Sportbahn
- Sportbegeisterter
- sportbesessen
- Sportblessur
- Sportclub
- Sportereignis
- Sportfan
- Sportgerät
- Sportgeschäft
- Sporthalle
- Sportherz
- Sportjugend
- Sportklub
- Sportladen
- sportliebend
- Sportliebhaber
- Sportmannschaft
- Sportmedizin
- Sportmittel
- Sportplatz
- Sportschau
- Sportschütze
- Sportsendung
- Sportsitz
- Sportstunde
- Sporttermin
- sporttreibend
- Sporttreibender
- Sportunfall
- Sportveranstaltung
- Sportverband
- Sportverein
- Sportvereinigung
- Sportvergnügen
- Sportverletzung
- Sportwagen
- Sportwettkampf
- Sportzeitschrift
- Sportzuschauer