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The article for

Sport

der Sport

Sport is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Sporte
English
sport
Level
A1
Topic
Sports

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Why is it der Sport?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Sport, so learn the two together: der Sport.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Intensive physical and / or mental activity with performance entitlement

[1] intensive körperliche und/oder geistige Betätigung mit Leistungsanspruch

[2] The cultural action of people, physically and mentally measured in competitions

[2] die kulturelle Handlung von Menschen, sich körperlich und geistig in Wettkämpfen zu messen

[3] A teaching compartment

[3] ein Unterrichtsfach

Examples

[1] Much sport promotes the health

[1] Viel Sport fördert die Gesundheit.

[1, 2] "Thus, sophisticated sports such as the construction jumping, riding, diving, or dragon flying of this subsumeration as a risk port, as soon as objective evidence claims and scientific standards are laid to the assignment." [2]

[1, 2] „So entziehen sich ausgereifte Sports wie das Bungeespringen, Reiten, Tauchen oder Drachenfliegen dieser Subsumierung als Risikosport, sobald objektivierende Beweisforderungen und wissenschaftliche Maßstäbe an die Zuordnung gelegt werden.“[2]
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] In the newspaper part Sport are the Bundesliga results

[2] Im Zeitungsteil Sport stehen die Bundesligaergebnisse.

[3] In sports we had to walk 3000 meters today

[3] In Sport mussten wir heute 3000 Meter laufen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Sport die Sporte
Genitiv des Sports des Sportes der Sporte
Dativ dem Sport dem Sporte den Sporten
Akkusativ den Sport die Sporte

Pronunciation

In context

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