Is it der, die or das Basketball?

DER

Basketball

The correct article in German of Basketball is der. So it is der Basketball! (nominative case)

The word Basketball is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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German declension of Basketball?

How does the declension of Basketball work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Basketball	die Basketbälle
Genitive	des Basketballes des Basketballs	der Basketbälle
Dative	dem Basketball dem Basketballe	den Basketbällen
Akkusative	den Basketball	die Basketbälle

What is the meaning of Basketball in German?

Basketball has various definitions in German:

[1] No plural: team sport in which a ball is to be thrown into an open basket from above

[1] kein Plural: Mannschaftssport, bei dem ein Ball in einen offenen Korb von oben durchgeworfen werden soll

[2] The ball used for [1]

[2] der für [1] verwendete Ball

How to use Basketball in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Basketball with translations in English.

[1] Die Jugendlichen spielen nachmittags auf dem Schulhof Basketball.

[1] The youngsters play in the afternoon at the Basketballe school yard

[1] „Handball und Basketball spielen in Island eine viel größere Rolle.“

[1] "Handball and basketball play a much larger role in Iceland"

[2] Der Basketball ist meistens orange.

[2] Basketball is mostly orange

[2] Ich habe drei neue Basketbälle gekauft, doch drei Tage später waren zwei bereits verschwunden.

[2] I bought three new basket balls, but three days later two were already disappeared

Pictures or photos of Basketball

[1] Basketballspiel