Vocabularies about Sports and Activities in German

Sports and Activities in German

In this lesson , you will be introduced to many vocabularies about sports and activities in German . Look at the table below and listen to the sounds in order to improve your linguistic skill :

English German
sport(s) Sport
interests Hobbys
soccer Fußball
American football Football
volleyball Volleyball
basketball Basketball
tennis Tennis
baseball Baseball
9-pin bowling Kegeln
chess Schach
board game das Brettspiel
game das Spiel
homework Hausaufgaben
television Fernsehen
movie der Film

Spielen ( to play ) Machen ( make ) and Other Verbs :

All three verbs that you were introduced to are irregular in some way , however most verbs are regular verbs and this is the conjugation of them :

For example, the verbs “spielen” and “machen” :

Some Applications about playing Sports and Activities in German :

What are you doing ? Was machst du ?
I play basketball . Ich spiele Basketball .
Do you play soccer ? Spielst du Fußball ?
I do homework . Ich mache Hausaufgaben .
He does homework . Er macht Hausaufgaben .
Do you play sports ? Machst du Sport ?

Note the last sentence . In English one plays a sport , while in German one does a sport . You can also use the w-words to make some more combinations :

Why do you play baseball? Warum spielst du Baseball?
Who has homework? Wer hat Hausaufgaben?

To say “not” , use “nicht”. “Nicht” goes after the verb but before the sport :

Who doesn’t play soccer ? Wer spielt nicht Fußball?
We don’t play tennis. Wir spielen nicht Tennis.