Fußball — meaning in English

English meaning

• football noun A sport where two teams try to score by getting a ball into a goal, especially soccer in most of the world or American football in the US.
• soccer noun Association football, the sport played with a round ball moved mainly by kicking, not touched by hand except by the goalkeeper.

Senses

Fußball is used for these senses in English:

• association football A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.
• soccer (originated, , late 19th C, now, commonly, US, Australia) Association football.
• soccer ball (soccer) A ball that is designed for use in the sport of soccer; a football.

football — full definition

1. noun A sport where two teams try to score by getting a ball into a goal, especially soccer in most of the world or American football in the US.
2. noun The ball used in such a game.
3. noun Informal: an issue passed back and forth between people or groups without resolution.

Related German words