The Everything German Phrase Book by Edward Swick

Author:Edward Swick [Swick, Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
Published: 2008-12-17T07:00:00+00:00

Sports and Games

You can use the verb spielen when talking about the following sports and games.

SPORTS AND GAMES VOCABULARY

baseball.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . der Baseball

dare BASE bul

basketball.. . . . . . . . . . . . . der Basketball/Korbball

dare BASS ket bul/KAWRP bul

cards.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karten

KAHR ten

chess.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . der Schach

dare shuch

golf.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . der Golf

dare gawlf

hockey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . der Hockey

dare HAWK ee

soccer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . der Fußball

dare FOOSS bul

tennis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . der Tennis

dare TEN iss

volleyball.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . der Volleyball

dare VAWL ee bul

Alert!

Notice that Fußball means “football” in British English but in American English it’s “soccer.” The Germans call American football der amerikanische Football.

The verb gehen (to go) is used when participating in a variety of other sports and activities.

Present Past

ich.. . . . . . . . . . . . gehe [GAY eh] ging [ghing]

du.. . . . . . . . . . . . . gehst [gayst] gingst [ghingst]

er, sie, es.. . . . . geht [GATE] ging [ghing]

wir.. . . . . . . . . . . . gehen [GAY en] gingen [GHING en]

ihr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . geht [gate] gingt [ghingt]

Sie.. . . . . . . . . . . . gehen [GAY en] gingen [GHING en]

sie.. . . . . . . . . . . . gehen [GAY en] gingen [GHING en]

Are you going biking?

Gehst du radfahren?

gayst doo RAHT fahr en

No, I’m going for a walk.

Nein, ich gehe spazieren.

nine eech GAY eh SHPUH tseer en

USEFUL VERBS

to go for a stroll.. . . . . . . bummeln

BOOM eln

to hike.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wandern

VUN dairn

to jog.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . joggen

JAW ghen

to rollerskate.. . . . . . . . . . Rollschuh laufen

RAWL shoo low fen

to row.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rudern

ROO dairn

to sail.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . segeln

ZAY gheln

to ski.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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