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Rumpelfußball
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German
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Etymology
From de rumpeln to rumble, trundle Fußball football. Coined by Franz Beckenbauer in 2000.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʁʊmpəlˌfuːsbal/
de De-Rumpelfußball.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s:es.sg
de football 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
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