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German sports vocabulary

28 words with English translations. 12 of them appear in the 5,000 most common German words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

28words
12in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
der Sportsport#2278 0.002% of speech
der Fußballsoccer#2561 0.005% of speech
der Basketballbasketball#4442 0.001% of speech
das Tennistennis#4363 0.001% of speech
der Volleyballvolleyballoutside the top 5,000
das Schwimmenswimming#1641 0.004% of speech
die Leichtathletikathleticsoutside the top 5,000
das Radfahrencyclingoutside the top 5,000
der Baseballbaseballoutside the top 5,000
das Golfgolfoutside the top 5,000
das Skifahrenskiingoutside the top 5,000
das Boxenboxing#4901 0.001% of speech
die Gymnastikgymnasticsoutside the top 5,000
das Ringenwrestling#3559 0.001% of speech
das Surfensurfingoutside the top 5,000
das Schlittschuhlaufenskatingoutside the top 5,000
das Wandernhiking#3286 0.001% of speech
das Angelnfishingoutside the top 5,000
die Jagdhunting#2120 0.002% of speech
das Reitenhorseback riding#1944 0.003% of speech
das Yogayogaoutside the top 5,000
die Kampfkunstmartial artsoutside the top 5,000
das Gewichthebenweightliftingoutside the top 5,000
das Rudernrowingoutside the top 5,000
das Kletternclimbing#4582 0.001% of speech
das Laufenrunning#186 0.063% of speech
das Bowlingbowlingoutside the top 5,000
das Bogenschießenarcheryoutside the top 5,000

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