German vocabulary: Table tennis
24 German words for table tennis, most common first, each with audio and an example sentence.
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der Spieler
B1
player
gewinnen
A1
to win; to be victorious
der Punkt
B1
point
der Satz
A1
sentence
der Tisch
A1
table (a piece of furniture with a flat surface at roughly waist or knee level)
verlieren
A2
to lose (something, or a game)
das Netz
B1
net; web; mesh (construction of interwoven fibres, e.g. that of a fisher, a spider, etc.)
der Gegner
B1
adversary, opponent, enemy
schlagen
B1
to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch; to hammer; to pound
der Ball
A2
ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
drehen
B1
to turn
das Turnier
A1
tournament
die Platte
A2
slab, plate, sheet (flat, thin object)
das Doppel
B1
doubles
das Einzel
B1
singles (game between two individuals)
das Tischtennis
A1
table tennis, ping pong
der Aufschlag
B2
serve (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
aufschlagen
B2
to open (a book at a page)
die Rückhand
B2
backhand
die Vorhand
B2
forehand
abprallen
B2
to bounce off, to rebound
der Ballwechsel
B1
rally
der Topspin
B2
topspin
der Schmetterball
B1
smash