Sport

See also: sport, SPORT, spórt, šport, and sport.

German

Etymology

19th century, from English sport.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃpɔrt/, [ʃpɔʁt], [ʃpɔɐ̯t], [ʃpɔːt], (northern Germany, now rare) /sp-/
Audio (Germany): (file)
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Audio (Austria): (file)

Noun

Sport m (strong, genitive Sports or Sportes, plural (rare) Sporte)

sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills competitively under a set of rules)
athletics, sports, exercise (physical activities (not necessarily with fixed rules) requiring stamina, fitness and skill)
physical education, phys ed (element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health etc.)

Usage notes

The German word is chiefly uncountable. In a phrase like “I do lots of sports”, the singular is used: Ich mache viel Sport. For “different kinds of sports”, one says Sportarten. The plural form Sporte is attestable, but unusual.

Declension

Declension of Sport [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sport	die	Sporte
genitive	eines	des	Sports, Sportes	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

Descendants

→ Estonian: sport
→ Hungarian: sport
→ Luxembourgish: Sport
→ Serbo-Croatian: šport / шпорт
→ Slovak: šport
→ Slovene: šport
→ Lower Sorbian: sport
→ Upper Sorbian: sport

Further reading

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