Fußball German · revision 35236

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈfuːsˌbal/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Fußball''' ''m'' (genitive Fußballs or Fußballes, plural Fußbälle)^(Wiktionary)

+ In Switzerland and Liechtenstein it is spelled ''Fussball''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|de|Fuß|Ball]] as a loan translation of [[en|football]], which was also used in German as a foreign word.^(Kluge 2011|326)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden GWDS 1999) Kluge and Pfeifer date the calque to the 17th century, Duden to the 18th.^(Kluge 2011|326)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2007) It is a doublet of the later borrowing [[Football]] “American football”.^(Wiktionary) The same calque is [[nl|voetbal]] and [[sv|fotboll]].^(Kluge 2011|326)

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+ [[Fuß]] is [[gmh|vuoʒ]], [[goh|fuoʒ]], from [[gem-pro|*fōts|t=foot]], beside [[got|𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃|tr=fōtus]],^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kroonen 2013) the Indo-European word for the foot, [[ine-pro|*pṓds]], seen in [[la|pēs]] and [[grc|πούς|tr=poús]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kroonen 2013)^(Orel 2003)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ According to Duden the word first named the ball kicked with the foot, and only from the end of the 19th century the team game.^(Duden 7 2007)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The modern sense, the game played between two teams in which the ball may not be handled, became the main one;^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden 7 2007) ''König Fußball'' “King Football” calls it the most popular sport.^(Duden GWDS 1999) The German word was borrowed into Upper Silesian and Cieszyn Polish dialects as ''fusbal'',^(LWP) and [[en|foosball]], the table game, is presumably taken from its pronunciation; the game came to the United States in 1963.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 17th century – The calque is formed after English ''football''.^(Kluge 2011|326)^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * End of the 19th century – It is used for the team game.^(Duden 7 2007)

+ * 1963 – English ''foosball'' appears in the United States.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(uncountable)'' Association football, [[m|en|soccer]]: ''Am Wochenende spielen die Jungen Fußball.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A football, the leather or plastic [[m|en|ball]] used in the game.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Fußballer]]

+ * [[Fußballspiel]]

+ * [[Fußballspieler]]

+ * [[Fußballplatz]]

+ * [[Fußballmannschaft]]

+ * [[Fußballverein]]

+ * [[Frauenfußball]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Fußballen]]

+ * [[Fuß]]

+ * [[Ball]]

+ * [[Football]]

+ * [[en|foosball]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}