"Volleyball" meaning in German

See Volleyball in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɔleˌbal/, /ˈvɔliˌbal/ Audio: De-Volleyball.ogg , De-Volleyball2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from English volleyball, equivalent to volley + Ball. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|en:volleyball}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "volleyball", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Volleyball", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Volleyball">, {{bor+|de|en|volleyball}} Borrowed from English volleyball, {{af|de|volley|Ball<id:toy>}} volley + Ball Head templates: {{de-noun|m:n,(e)s,^e}} Volleyball m or n (strong, genitive Volleyballes or Volleyballs, plural Volleybälle) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m:n,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Volleyballes [genitive], Volleyballs [genitive], Volleybälle [plural], strong [table-tags], Volleyball [definite, nominative, singular], Volleybälle [definite, nominative, plural], Volleyballes [genitive, singular], Volleyballs [genitive, singular], Volleybälle [definite, genitive, plural], Volleyball [dative, singular], Volleyballe [dative, singular], Volleybällen [dative, definite, plural], Volleyball [accusative, definite, singular], Volleybälle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (sports, uncountable) volleyball (game) Tags: masculine, neuter, strong, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Volleyball-de-noun-ytNLpdJG Categories (other): Sports, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Volleyball Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Volleyball: 49 51 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (sports, countable) volleyball (ball) Tags: countable, masculine, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Volleyball-de-noun-1DgGV2nn Categories (other): Sports, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Volleyball Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Volleyball: 49 51 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Beachvolleyball

Inflected forms

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