C2 · 30 words
Combat sports in German
Weight classes, the rules of the ring and the line where sport turns into injury.
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Die Auslage leads three lives, and only one of them is in the ring. In a shop it is the window display, the goods laid out for passers-by to look at. In the plural, die Auslagen, it is money spent on somebody else’s behalf and waiting to be paid back — the word on an expenses claim. And in boxing and fencing it is the stance: which foot and which hand go forward. What holds the three together is the verb auslegen, to lay out — goods on a counter, cash for a colleague, a body towards an opponent. A right-hander normally fights aus der Linksauslage, left foot and lead hand forward; the fighter who reverses it is der Rechtsausleger, a word German politics has borrowed for somebody standing well to the right. A sentence such as Sie wechselte die Auslage therefore needs its setting before it can be read at all.
The words
Verb (4)
abkochento cut weight (slang)VerbC2
Separable. Everyday senses: to boil (water), and in slang to fleece somebody.
anzählento give a standing countVerbC2
Separable. Figuratively angezählt: badly weakened, as of a minister under fire.
abklopfento tap outVerbC1
Separable. Also to knock dust off, and to examine something closely: ein Argument abklopfen.
disqualifizierento disqualifyVerbC1
Noun: die Disqualifikation.
Noun (24)
Grammar for these: The three genders · The plural
die Gewichtsklasseweight class, divisionNounC1
Plural: die Gewichtsklassen.
das Kampfgewichtfighting weightNounC2
Plural rare.
die Auslagestance (boxing, fencing)NounC2
Plural: die Auslagen. Also a shop-window display; in the plural, out-of-pocket expenses.
der RechtsauslegersouthpawNounC2
Plural: die Rechtsausleger. Colloquially also somebody far to the right in politics.
die Führhandlead handNounC2
Plural: die Führhände.
die Deckungguard (in boxing)NounC1
No plural in this sense. Elsewhere: cover, as in insurance or funds.
die FintefeintNounC2
Plural: die Finten. Also a ruse away from the mat.
der ClinchclinchNounC2
Plural rare. Figurative: mit jemandem im Clinch liegen, to be at loggerheads with somebody.
der Tiefschlaglow blowNounC1
Plural: die Tiefschläge. Also figurative, for a mean attack.
der KopfstoßheadbuttNounC2
Plural: die Kopfstöße.
der ArmhebelarmlockNounC2
Plural: die Armhebel.
der WürgegriffchokeholdNounC2
Plural: die Würgegriffe. Figurative: im Würgegriff der Schulden, in the grip of debt.
der Ringrichterreferee (boxing)NounC1
Plural: die Ringrichter. In judo or karate: der Kampfrichter.
der Punktrichterjudge (scoring)NounC2
Plural: die Punktrichter.
die Verwarnungofficial warningNounC1
Plural: die Verwarnungen.
der Punktabzugpoint deductionNounC2
Plural: die Punktabzüge.
der KampfabbruchstoppageNounC2
Plural: die Kampfabbrüche.
das Attestmedical certificateNounC1
Plural: die Atteste.
die Wettkampfsperresuspension from competitionNounC2
Plural: die Wettkampfsperren.
der Mundschutzgum shieldNounC1
Plural: die Mundschutze. Also a surgical face mask.
die Körperverletzungassault, bodily harm (legal)NounC1
Plural: die Körperverletzungen. The legal term; the injury itself is die Verletzung.
die Mensurstudent fencing duelNounC2
Plural: die Mensuren. In fencing also the distance between the fencers.
der Schmissduelling scarNounC2
Plural: die Schmisse. Colloquially also verve: Musik mit Schmiss.
der Sekundantsecond (corner man)NounC2
Weak noun: dem Sekundanten. Also the second in a duel.
Adjective (1)
Grammar for these: Adjectives after sein · Comparative and superlative
k. o.knocked outAdjectiveC1
Only after the verb and never inflected: er ist k. o., jemanden k. o. schlagen. Noun: der K. o. Colloquially also worn out.
Phrase (1)
das Handtuch werfento throw in the towelPhraseC1
Figuratively: to give up on anything.
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