Sport

See also: sport, SPORT, spórt, šport, and sport.

German

Etymology

19th century, from English sport.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpɔrt/, [ʃpɔʁt], [ʃpɔɐ̯t], [ʃpɔːt] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /spɔrt/ (northern Germany, becoming rare)
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Noun

Sport m (strong, genitive Sportes or Sports, plural Sporte)

  1. sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills competitively under a set of rules)
  2. athletics, sports, (loosely) exercise (physical activities (not necessarily with fixed rules) requiring stamina, fitness and skill)
  3. physical education, phys ed (element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health etc.)
  4. hobby (activity involving exercise or exertion that one enjoys doing in one's spare time)

Usage notes

  • Sportarten is the preferred plural when referring to multiple specific sports.

Declension

Hyponyms

  • 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

Descendants

  • Estonian: sport
  • Serbo-Croatian: šport / шпорт

Further reading

  • Sport” in Duden online
  • Sport” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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