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away game
A sporting competition that a team or athlete plays not at their own usual venue, but at the opponent's location.
Für das wichtige Auswärtsspiel gegen den Tabellenführer reisen viele Fans mit der Mannschaft.
Many fans are traveling with the team for the important away game against the league leader.
The word is composed of 'auswärts' (away, not at home) and 'Spiel' (game). So it literally describes a game that takes place not at one's own location, but at another team's venue.
Die Mannschaft bereitet sich auf das schwere Auswärtsspiel vor.
The team is preparing for the difficult away game.
In a sports context, 'Auswärtsspiel' (away game) is often used with the verbs 'haben' (to have), 'bestreiten' (to play/contest), 'gewinnen' (to win), or 'verlieren' (to lose).
Am Samstag hat unser Verein ein wichtiges Auswärtsspiel.
On Saturday, our club has an important away game.
Common adjectives that describe an away game are 'schwer' (difficult), 'wichtig' (important), 'entscheidend' (decisive), or 'nächstes' (next).
Das nächste Auswärtsspiel entscheidet über die Meisterschaft.
The next away game will decide the championship.
home game
'das Heimspiel' and 'das Auswärtsspiel' are opposites in sports. Both words refer to a competition, but the location is different. In a 'Heimspiel' (home game), a team plays on its own field or in its own arena. In an 'Auswärtsspiel' (away game), it plays at the opponent's venue, so not at home. Learners may confuse the words because both describe the same type of game and only the perspective is different. Ask yourself: Is the team playing at its own venue? Then it is a 'Heimspiel'. Is it playing at the opponent's venue? Then it is an 'Auswärtsspiel'.
Weil das Auswärtsspiel weit weg ist, fährt das Team schon am Freitag los.
Because the away game is far away, the team is leaving on Friday.
Herr Krüger sieht sich das Heimspiel seines Vereins im Stadion an.
Mr. Krüger watches his club's home game at the stadium.