fotboll

Swedish

Etymology

From fot (“foot”) +‎ boll (“ball”), a calque of English football.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (articulated) /²fuːtˌbɔl/, (in daily speech) [²fuːˌβ̞ɔl]
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Hyphenation: fot‧boll

Noun

fotboll c

(uncountable) soccer (US), football (UK); a team sport
(countable) football; the ball used in any game called football/soccer; if not clarified, usually the ball in association football.

Declension

Declension of fotboll
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fotboll	fotbollen	fotbollar	fotbollarna
Genitive	fotbolls	fotbollens	fotbollars	fotbollarnas

Further reading

fotboll in Svensk ordbok.

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