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bowling
A sports and leisure activity in which you roll a heavy ball down a lane to knock down ten pins set up at the end.
EXAMPLE
Lass uns am Wochenende mit Freunden zum Bowling gehen.
Let's go bowling with friends this weekend.
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Meanings
Forms
Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry Bowling, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| genitive | des Bowlings |
The four cases
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Bowling | – |
| accusative | das Bowling | – |
| dative | dem Bowling | – |
| genitive | des Bowlings | – |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
Usage tips
Word usage
As the name of an activity or sport, 'Bowling' (bowling) is often used without an article, especially after verbs like 'spielen' (to play).
EXAMPLE
Ich spiele nicht gern Bowling, aber ich mag Billard.
I don't like playing bowling, but I like billiards.
Typical collocations
The most common expressions for talking about this activity are 'Bowling spielen' (to play bowling) and 'zum Bowling gehen' (to go bowling).
EXAMPLE
Wir wollen am Freitagabend Bowling spielen.
We want to play bowling on Friday evening.
Hast du Lust, mit uns zum Bowling zu gehen?
Do you feel like going bowling with us?
Compounds
'Bowling' (bowling) is often the first part of compound nouns that refer to the activity, for example 'die Bowlingbahn' (the bowling lane), 'die Bowlingkugel' (the bowling ball), or 'das Bowlingcenter' (the bowling center).
EXAMPLE
Diese Bowlingkugel ist mir zu schwer.
This bowling ball is too heavy for me.
Die nächste Bowlingbahn ist fünf Kilometer entfernt.
The nearest bowling alley is five kilometers away.
Compare with
Bowling vs kegeln
to bowl
In Bowling, you roll a heavy ball at ten pins. In Kegeln, by contrast, you try to knock over nine pins. To name the specific leisure activity, you therefore need to pay attention to the number of targets and the corresponding lane.
Bowling
Beim Bowling versucht Nina, alle zehn Pins mit einer Kugel umzuwerfen.
In bowling, Nina tries to knock down all ten pins with one ball.
kegeln
Beim Kegeln versucht Nina, alle neun Kegel mit einer Kugel umzuwerfen.
When playing nine-pin bowling, Nina tries to knock down all nine pins with one ball.
In real life
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