en fotboll
Meaning
soccer (US), football (UK); a team sport; football; the ball used in any game called football/soccer; if not clarified, usually the ball in association football.
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en fotboll |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | fotbollen |
| Plural, indefinite | fotbollar |
| Plural, definite | fotbollarna |
fotboll is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor fotboll, den stora fotbollen. Check another noun
Practise fotboll
1 / 2Is it en fotboll or ett fotboll?
Questions
What does fotboll mean in English?
fotboll means “soccer (US), football (UK); a team sport, football; the ball used in any game called football/soccer; if not clarified, usually the ball in association football.”.
Is it en fotboll or ett fotboll?
It is en fotboll, and “the soccer” is fotbollen.
What is the plural of fotboll?
The plural of fotboll is fotbollar, and the definite plural is fotbollarna.
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From fot (“foot”) + boll (“ball”), a calque of English football.
Nearby common words
fotboll is number 2,360 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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