Fußball

== German == === Alternative forms === Fussball (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, sometimes Luxembourg, South Tyrol) === Etymology === From Fuß (“foot”) +‎ Ball (“ball”), a calque of English football. Doublet of the later borrowing Football (“American football”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfuːsˌbal/ === Noun === Fußball m (strong, genitive Fußballs or Fußballes, plural Fußbälle) (uncountable) soccer; association football (countable) football, soccer ball (the ball with which association football is played) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: foosball ⇒? Luxembourgish: Foussball === See also === Fußballen (“ball of the foot”) === Further reading === “Fußball” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Fußball” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Fußball” in Duden online Fußball on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de