Volleyball

B1

volleyball

English meaning
volleyball
Vocabulary package
Sports & Games

More: B1 Leisure & Sport words. Hear “Volleyball” in B1 German videos, or save “Volleyball” while watching YouTube with the free Chrome extension.

Volleyball in a sentence

Im Sommer spiele ich gern Volleyball.

In summer I like to play volleyball.

Word family

Volleyball is built from voll (full) and der Ball (ball). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.

Where Volleyball comes from

Anglizismus mit gleicher Bedeutung, volleyball auch volley-ball (ursprünglich zusammengesetzt aus volley und ball)

Learn Volleyball with 44 related words

Volleyball is part of the Sports & Games package. Drill the whole set as spaced-repetition flashcards in your browser — no sign-up.

Words that go with Volleyball

Questions about Volleyball

What does Volleyball mean in English?

Volleyball means "volleyball". For example: "Im Sommer spiele ich gern Volleyball." — "In summer I like to play volleyball."

What level is Volleyball in German?

Volleyball is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the sports & games vocabulary.

Free to start · no credit card

Words fade fast — spaced reviews make them stick.

Based on Dr. Hermann Ebbinghaus · memory science, proven since 1885

Free Chrome extension

Learn German with any YouTube video — the 3minGerman plugin

The 3minGerman Chrome extension adds German and English subtitles to every YouTube video. Click any word to see its translation and etymology; it is saved to your 3minGerman account, and the daily quiz repeats it with spaced repetition until you remember it.

  1. STEP 1
    Install the plugin
    Add it to desktop Chrome — free.
  2. STEP 2
    Watch any video
    German + English subtitles appear automatically.
  3. STEP 3
    Click any word
    Translation, etymology, audio — saved to your words.
  4. STEP 4
    Take the daily quiz
    Spaced repetition beats the forgetting curve.