Polyglot Dictionary

Handball

/ˈhantˌbal/

der noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. handball

    Built from Hand (hand) + Ball (ball).

    • Sie spielt Handball im Verein.

      She plays handball at a club.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Hand hand
  • Ball ball

Similar words

Fußball

Same naming pattern, different limb: Handball (Hand + Ball) is played by throwing with the hands rather than kicking with the feet.

Similar in other languages

French

handball

handball is the French word for the same thing — both mean "handball."

Portuguese

handebol

handebol is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "handball."

Practice

1 What does Handball mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie spielt ___ im Verein.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Handball?

nouncompound

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