Sportskanone

German

Etymology

From Sport +‎ -s- +‎ Kanone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɔʁt͡skaˌnoːnə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːnə
• Hyphenation: Sports‧ka‧no‧ne

Noun

Sportskanone f (genitive Sportskanone, plural Sportskanonen)

1. (colloquial) jock (athletic person)

   Antonym: Sportmuffel

   Sie ist keine Sportskanone aber auch nicht sportmuffelig.

   She's no jock but she doesn't hate sports either.

Declension

Declension of Sportskanone [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sportskanone	die	Sportskanonen
genitive	einer	der	Sportskanone	der	Sportskanonen
dative	einer	der	Sportskanone	den	Sportskanonen
accusative	eine	die	Sportskanone	die	Sportskanonen

Further reading

• “Sportskanone” in Duden online