Sportsfreund

German

Etymology

Sport +‎ -s- +‎ Freund

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɔʁt͡sfʁɔɪ̯nt/
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Noun

Sportsfreund m (strong, genitive Sportsfreundes or Sportsfreunds, plural Sportsfreunde, feminine Sportsfreundin)

  1. (colloquial) mate, buddy (term of address)
    hör mal, Sportsfreund ― listen, buddy
    • 2013, Alexa Hennig von Lange, chapter 39, in Der Atem der Angst, →ISBN:
      »He, Sportsfreund! Willst du deinem Papa nicht sagen, wo du warst?«  […] Sportsfreund! So war Eric. Hielt sich für den perfekten Vater, weil er solche Floskeln wie »Sportsfreund« drauf hatte.
      "Hey bud! Don't you want to tell your dad where you've been?" […] Bud! That was Eric. Thought he was the perfect father because he knew and used expressions like "bud".
  2. (dated) sport enthusiast
    • 1999, Dendemann (lyrics and music), “Vogelperspektive”, in Gefährliches Halbwissen, performed by Eins Zwo:
      Na fällt der Groschen / Mit Sportsfreunden wie Dir geh ich Squashen
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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