noun
tennis, the sport of tennis
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Tennis (das) denotes the sport 'tennis'. It’s a neuter noun often treated as uncountable; plural remains Tennis. Declension: das Tennis, dem Tennis, des Tennis. No irregular plural. Used to refer to the sport or playing tennis; no special prepositions or reflexive forms inherently required.
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Am Samstag spiele ich Tennis mit Freunden.
On Saturday I'm playing tennis with friends.
Ich spiele gerne Tennis.
I like to play tennis.
Der Trainer sagte, dass das Team mehr Tennis übte, weil die Gegner stark waren.
The coach said that the team practiced tennis more because the opponents were strong.
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Picture a tennis court and racket with the word 'Tennis' above
Same as English 'tennis'
das — think 'das Tennis' like other sport nouns (das Schwimmen sometimes used as noun)
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Often used without plural when referring to the sport. Article commonly 'das'. If a plural sense is needed speakers usually use terms like 'Tennisspiele' or 'Tennismatch(es)' or rephrase. | Singular-only noun; plural forms are not applicable.