Vocabulary
das
Match
/mɛtʃ/· noun· Pl. die Matches
match, game (tennis, football and other sports)
Das Match — an English loanword for a game in tennis, football or other sports, used in sports reports and casual talk (das Tennismatch); the neutral word is das Spiel.
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- Singular
- das Match
- Plural
- die Matches
- Genitiv
- des Matchs
One word, many lives
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Match
match, game
Das Match dauerte fast fünf Stunden, bis endlich die Siegerin feststand.
The match lasted almost five hours before the winner was finally decided.
Word family
Matchdas Tennismatchtennis matchder Matchballmatch pointdas Rückmatchreturn matchder Matchplangame plan (tactics)
Common combinations
- ein Match gewinnento win a match
- ein spannendes Matchan exciting match
- das Match drehento turn the match around
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
das Spieldie Partie
Common learner mistakes
- der Matchdas MatchIn Germany and Austria it is das Match; der Match is Swiss usage.
Real examples
- Nach einem schwachen ersten Satz hat sie das Match doch noch gedreht.After a weak first set she turned the match around after all.
- Wir wollten uns das Match eigentlich im Stadion ansehen, aber die Karten waren uns zu teuer.We actually wanted to watch the match in the stadium, but the tickets were too expensive for us.
- In der zweiten Runde stehen gleich mehrere spannende Matches auf dem Programm.Several exciting matches are on the schedule in the second round.
