Handball

See also: handball, hand ball, and håndball

German

Etymology

Hand +‎ Ball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhantbal/

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• Hyphenation: Hand‧ball

Noun

Handball m (strong, genitive Handballes or Handballs, plural Handbälle)

1. (uncountable) handball (Olympic team sport)
2. (countable) handball (the ball used in this sport)

Usage notes

• Not used for the foul in association football; for that see Handspiel.

Declension

Declension of Handball [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Handball	die	Handbälle
genitive	eines	des	Handballes, Handballs	der	Handbälle
dative	einem	dem	Handball, Handballe1	den	Handbällen
accusative	einen	den	Handball	die	Handbälle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Handball” in Duden online
• “Handball” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache