# Sport
## German
### Etymology

19th century, from English sport.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃpɔrt/, [ʃpɔʁt], [ʃpɔɐ̯t], [ʃpɔːt] (standard)
* IPA: /spɔrt/ (northern Germany, becoming rare)
* Audio (Germany):(file)
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* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Noun

Sport m (strong, genitive Sportes or Sports, plural Sporte)
* sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills competitively under a set of rules)
* athletics, sports, (loosely) 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.)
* hobby (activity involving exercise or exertion that one enjoys doing in one's spare time)

#### Usage notes

* Sportarten is the preferred plural when referring to multiple specific sports.

#### Declension

$^1$Now 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

* sportlich
* sportiv
* Sportler
* Altensport (“elderly sports or fitness activities”)
* Betriebssport (“after-work sport facilitated by a company”)
* Denksport (“mental exercise”)
* Frühsport
* Seniorensport (“senior sports”)
* Sitzsport
* Sportanzug
* Sportart
* Sportartikel
* Sportarzt
* Sportbahn
* Sportbegeisterter
* Sportbekleidung
* sportbesessen
* Sportblessur
* Sportclub
* Sportereignis
* Sportfan
* Sportgerät
* Sportgeschäft
* Sporthalle
* Sportherz
* Sportjugend
* Sportklub
* Sportladen
* sportliebend
* Sportliebhaber
* Sportmannschaft
* Sportmedizin
* Sportmittel
* Sportmuffel
* Sportplatz
* Sportschau
* Sportschütze
* Sportsendung
* Sportsitz
* Sportskanone
* Sportstunde
* Sporttermin
* sporttreibend
* Sporttreibender
* Sportunfall
* Sportveranstaltung
* Sportverband
* Sportverein
* Sportvereinigung
* Sportvergnügen
* Sportverletzung
* Sportwagen
* Sportwettkampf
* Sportzeitschrift
* Sportzuschauer

#### Descendants

* → Estonian: sport
* → Serbo-Croatian: šport / шпорт

### Further reading

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