Subject: soccer in diff languages

Spanish-> Fútbol or Balompié

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Faroese (Faroe Islands): Fótbólt

Futebol for better players.... :))

haha all these are awsome. I try to say them and i sound like a dumb ass. Yes soccer is stupid name i agree. soccer sounds like a little girls game.

Assocciation Football is where it comes from. To distinguish it from all the other types of football that sprung up at around that time. Just a common name for it back then.

as opposed to Rugby football, "created" by Rugby University (?) in England.

I think it was a "school" ... quite prestigous and famous, but not a Uni.

Czech Republik Fotbal or Kopaná

German: Fußball

I've heard that in German that "eszet" can be written with two S..

Spanish: Fútbol, balompié
Català: Futbol

E: Oh, nokeer said it early
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Yes.
They wanna write over German textbooks.
My teacher said it to me.
They say Fussball.
It was Eastern of German where people talked a little different than others.
Anyway.
In Estonian as said alrady sokker is Jalgpall.Vutt or Jalka in people talk.
Officaly its Jalgpall.
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Jalgpall... i hate that word "vutt" :D

Well neither do I use that word.
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It was Eastern of German where people talked a little different than others.

It is not only in eastern germany where they talk a little different than others ;-)

And yes, "Fussball" is also common.

Hungarian:Futball,foci,labdarúgás.