Mannschaft

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmanʃaft] Hyphenation: Mann‧schaft === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German manschaft; analysable as Mann (“man”) +‎ -schaft (“-hood, -ship”). Compare English manship. ==== Noun ==== Mannschaft f (genitive Mannschaft, plural Mannschaften) crew members of a ship Synonyms: Besatzung, Crew team (group of people) Synonym: Team (sports) (now rare) group of soldiers belonging to one military unit ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Partly from etymology 1 above, partly a reborrowing from other European languages including French la Mannschaft (“the German national football team”). While the national squad has always been referred to as die Mannschaft in German, this used to mean no more than “the team” in the same way that this word would be used referring to any other team. However, it has recently come to be used as a semi-official nickname of the national team. ==== Proper noun ==== Mannschaft f (proper noun, genitive Mannschaft) the national football team of Germany === Further reading === “Mannschaft” in Duden online Mannschaft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Mannschaft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)