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German Ball Games Vocabulary

58 German words tagged ball games, ordered by frequency and spanning A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2. The first entries appear as early as A1; the rest are specialist and sit higher up.

58 words
2 at A1
3 at A2
3 at B1
13 at B2
  1. kurz short, quick, brief; short adj A1
  2. dieBank bench (which people sit on); pew; workbench (which things can be set down on) noun pl. Bänke A2
  3. derVersuch attempt; experiment; test, trial noun pl. Versuche A2
  4. dieSpitze cusp; point, tip, peak noun pl. Spitzen B1
  5. derBall ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games); pass, play noun pl. Bälle A1
  6. dieEcke corner, edge; a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something noun pl. Ecken A2
  7. dasPfund a metric pound, 500 grams, half a kilogram; any of the English (Anglophone) units of… noun pl. Pfunde B2
  8. dieVerlängerung prolongation; lengthening (process of making something longer, in space or duration);… noun pl. Verlängerungen B2
  9. klären to clarify, to clear up (an issue or misunderstanding), to fill in unknown details, to… verb klärt · klärte · geklärt B1
  10. derStandard standard; set piece noun pl. Standards B2
  11. derTunnel tunnel; nutmeg (act of playing the ball through an opponent's legs) noun B2
  12. diePille pill, tablet; ball noun pl. Pillen B1
  13. dieErhöhung increase, elevation, rise, increment; enhancement noun pl. Erhöhungen B2
  14. derMittelfeldspieler midfielder noun B2
  15. decken to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.); to cover (e.g. a demand, a loss; but not “to… verb deckt · deckte · gedeckt B2
  16. derElfmeter penalty kick noun B2
  17. derStrafraum penalty area noun pl. Strafräume B2
  18. dieAnnahme presupposition, assumption, hypothesis; acceptance, the act of accepting noun pl. Annahmen B2
  19. derInnenverteidiger centre-back noun B2
  20. derBrasilianer person from Brazil, Brazilian; a player with great technique who is good at dribbling etc. noun B2
  21. derKorb basket, creel; hoop noun pl. Körbe B2
  22. derKeeper keeper, goalkeeper noun C1
  23. derWinkel angle, nook; corner (seen from the inside); angle (figure, measure thereof) noun C1
  24. dieWeltmeisterschaft World Cup, world championship; FIFA World Cup noun pl. Weltmeisterschaften C1
  25. dieStartelf starting eleven noun pl. Startelfen C1
  26. dieNachspielzeit injury time noun pl. Nachspielzeiten C1
  27. dieFlanke flank, side (of the body); flank (side of the field) noun pl. Flanken C1
  28. derGoalie goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender noun pl. Goalies C1
  29. derKicker soccer player/football player; placekicker noun C1
  30. dasAluminium aluminium (atomic number 13); woodwork, the post or crossbar of a goal noun C1
  31. diePackung pack, package, packet; a poultice, especially one for cosmetic purposes noun pl. Packungen C1
  32. derKopfball header noun pl. Kopfbälle C1
  33. dasGegentor goal against noun pl. Gegentore C1
  34. derRun run; A rush or stampede of people, as caused by scarcity. noun pl. Runs C1
  35. derDoppelpack a packet (e.g. of a food item) containing two; two goals scored by the same player in… noun pl. Doppelpacks C1
  36. derHooligan hooligan noun pl. Hooligans C1
  37. dieEuropameisterschaft European championship; Euros noun pl. Europameisterschaften C1
  38. dasEigentor own goal noun pl. Eigentore C1
  39. derLinksverteidiger left back noun C2
  40. derRückzieher backtrack; overhead kick noun C2
  41. dieSeitenlinie sideline, touchline; collateral line, branch (family descent) noun pl. Seitenlinien C2
  42. dieNotbremse emergency brake; a foul against a player who is in the course of scoring a goal,… noun pl. Notbremsen C2
  43. derAnstoß impetus, initiation, trigger; offense noun pl. Anstöße C2
  44. derRechtsverteidiger right back noun C2
  45. abwerfen to throw down, to let fall, drop (from a height); to throw off (e.g. a yoke, a rider) verb wirft ab · warf ab · abgeworfen C2
  46. unterlaufen to circumvent, to undermine; to crop up, to be made (of a mistake or error) [with dative… verb unterläuft · unterlief · unterlaufen C2
  47. parieren to parry; to obey verb pariert · parierte · pariert C2
  48. abwehren to fend off, to repel, to keep away; to refuse, to say no verb wehrt ab · wehrte ab · abgewehrt C2
  49. derAußenverteidiger fullback noun C2
  50. köpfen to behead (kill by cutting off the head); to head (strike the ball with the head) verb köpft · köpfte · geköpft C2
  51. verwarnen to caution, admonish, to warn of punishment or other negative consequences; to book, to… verb verwarnt · verwarnte · verwarnt C2
  52. derHattrick a hat trick; a player’s scoring three goals in one match; as distinct from English… noun pl. Hattricks C2
  53. dieErsatzbank substitutes' bench noun pl. Ersatzbänke C2
  54. dasSommermärchen summer fairy tale; the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany noun C2
  55. derDoppelschlag a kind of firecracker; a phenomenon of a die printing a transposed picture on a coin noun pl. Doppelschläge C2
  56. dieDoppelspitze dual leadership; attack formation with two strikers noun pl. Doppelspitzen C2
  57. derEuropapokal umbrella term for any tournament competition for clubs at the European level, (for… noun pl. Europapokale C2
  58. derReferee referee noun pl. Referees C2

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