Mannschaft

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmanʃaft]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Mann‧schaft

Etymology 1

From Middle High German manschaft; analysable as Mann (“man”) +‎ -schaft (“-hood, -ship”). Compare English manship.

Noun

Mannschaft f (genitive Mannschaft, plural Mannschaften)

crew members of a ship
Synonyms: Besatzung, Crew
team (group of people)
Synonym: Team (sports)

Wenn unsere Mannschaft so weiterspielt, werden wir bestimmt gewinnen!
If our team keeps playing like this, we will definitely win!

Sie sind die allerbesten Mannschaften
They are the very best teams
(now rare) group of soldiers belonging to one military unit

Declension

Declension of Mannschaft [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mannschaft	die	Mannschaften
genitive	einer	der	Mannschaft	der	Mannschaften
dative	einer	der	Mannschaft	den	Mannschaften
accusative	eine	die	Mannschaft	die	Mannschaften

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Partly from etymology 1 above, partly a reborrowing from other European languages including French la Mannschaft (“the German national football team”). While the national squad has always been referred to as die Mannschaft in German, this used to mean no more than “the team” in the same way that this word would be used referring to any other team. However, it has recently come to be used as a semi-official nickname of the national team.

Proper noun

Mannschaft f (proper noun, genitive Mannschaft)

the national football team of Germany