10.25 Vocabulary: Sports
Below is a list of words and phrases connected with sports and leisure activities. Note in particular that there are two ways of saying what your favourite sport or hobby is. You can either:
- use "am liebsten" followed by the verb OR
- say "mein Lieblingssport / Lieblingshobby ist" followed by a verbal noun or the noun describing the activity
- the translation of "my favourite leisure activity" shows you just how long German compound nouns came be - "meine Lieblingsfreizeitsbeschäftigung"!
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Vocabulary 18: Leisure - Sportarten |
English |
German |
to do aerobics |
Aerobic machen |
alpine skiing |
der Ski alpin |
American football |
der Football |
archery |
das Bogenschießen |
athletics |
die Leichtathletik |
badminton |
das Badminton der Federball |
baseball |
der Baseball |
basketball |
der Basketball |
bobsleigh |
der Bob |
boxing |
der Boxsport |
- to box |
- boxen |
bungee jumping |
das Bungeespringen |
to climb |
klettern |
cricket |
das Kricket |
cross-country skiing |
der Skilanglauf |
cycling |
der Radsport |
- to cycle |
- Rad fahren |
fencing |
der Fechtsport |
- to fence |
- fechten |
figure skating |
der Eiskunstlauf |
to fish |
angeln |
football |
der Fußball |
golf |
der Golf |
- to play golf |
- Golf spielen |
gymnastics |
die Gymnastik |
- to do gymnastics |
- turnen |
handball |
der Handball |
hockey |
der Hockey |
to hunt |
jagen |
ice hockey |
der Eishockey |
to ice skate |
Schlittschuh laufen |
to jog |
joggen |
judo |
das Judo |
long jump |
der Weitsprung |
to luge |
rodeln |
motorcycling |
der Motorradsport |
motorracing |
der Rennsport |
mountaineering |
das Bergsteigen |
polo |
das Polo |
riding |
der Reitsport |
to ride |
reiten |
to row |
rudern |
rugby |
das Rugby |
to sail |
segeln |
shooting |
das Schießen |
skateboard |
das Skateboarden |
to ski |
Ski fahren; Ski laufen |
skijumping |
das Skispringen |
sport |
der Sport (no pl.) |
- type of sport |
die Sportart (-en) |
- to do sport |
Sport treiben |
sports centre |
das Sportzentrum (pl. -zentren) |
sports club |
der Sportverein (-e) |
stadium |
das Stadion (pl. - Stadien) |
to swim |
schwimmen |
- to go swimming |
- schwimmen gehen |
swimming pool |
das Schwimmbad (pl. -bäder) |
table tennis |
das Tischtennis |
tennis |
das Tennis |
to train |
trainieren |
triathlon |
der Triathlon |
volleyball |
der Volleyball |
water polo |
der Wasserball |
weightlifting |
das Gewichtheben |
windsurfing |
das Windsurfing |
to wrestle |
ringen |
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Test yourself!
You can test yourself on your knowledge of German sports vocabulary by clicking on the two exercises below:
Chapter 10: Exercises
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