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

Declension of Sport [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sport	die	Sporte
genitive	eines	des	Sportes, Sports	der	Sporte
dative	einem	dem	Sport, Sporte1	den	Sporten
accusative	einen	den	Sport	die	Sporte

¹Now rare, see notes.

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

• sportlich
• sportiv
• Sportler

• 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

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

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