Rumpelfußball

German

Etymology

From rumpeln (“to rumble, trundle”) +‎ Fußball (“football”). Coined by Franz Beckenbauer in 2000.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁʊmpəlˌfuːsbal/

• Audio:

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Noun

Rumpelfußball m (strong, genitive Rumpelfußballs or Rumpelfußballes, no plural)

1. (soccer) football with low pace, on a low technical level, with frequent errors in passing etc., thus unattractive and often (though not always) unsuccessful

Usage notes

• Especially associated with performances of the German national team between roughly 1997 and 2005.

Declension

Declension of Rumpelfußball [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rumpelfußball
genitive	eines	des	Rumpelfußballs, Rumpelfußballes
dative	einem	dem	Rumpelfußball, Rumpelfußballe1
accusative	einen	den	Rumpelfußball

¹Now rare, see notes.