Rumpelfußball

German

Etymology

From rumpeln (“to rumble, trundle”) +‎ Fußball (“football”). Coined by Franz Beckenbauer in 2000.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁʊmpəlˌfuːsbal/
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Noun

Rumpelfußball m (strong, genitive Rumpelfußballs or Rumpelfußballes, no plural)

  1. (soccer) football with low pace, on a low technical level, with frequent errors in passing etc., thus unattractive and often (though not always) unsuccessful

Usage notes
  • Especially associated with performances of the German national team between roughly 1997 and 2005.

Declension
Declension of Rumpelfußball [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Rumpelfußball
genitive eines des Rumpelfußballs, Rumpelfußballes
dative einem dem Rumpelfußball, Rumpelfußballe1
accusative einen den Rumpelfußball

1Now rare, see notes.

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