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hat trick
In sports, especially football/soccer or ice hockey, the scoring of three goals by the same player in a single game.
Dem Stürmer gelang in der zweiten Halbzeit ein lupenreiner Hattrick.
The striker managed a perfect hat trick in the second half.
'Hattrick' is a word from English ('hat-trick'). It is used internationally in sports and has also become firmly established in German.
Der Kommentator schrie begeistert: „Was für ein Hattrick!“
The commentator shouted enthusiastically: 'What a hat trick!'
In a sports context, a hat trick is not 'gemacht' (made), but combined with specific verbs. The most common are 'einen Hattrick erzielen' (to score a hat trick), 'schießen' (to shoot/score), or 'schaffen' (to manage/achieve).
Keinem Spieler gelang es in diesem Turnier, einen Hattrick zu erzielen.
No player managed to score a hat trick in this tournament.
Outside of sports, 'Hattrick' (hat trick) is used for any triple success in a row. For example, you can speak of a hat trick when a company wins an award for the third time in a row.
Die Schauspielerin schaffte den Hattrick und gewann zum dritten Mal den Filmpreis.
The actress completed the hat trick and won the film award for the third time.
treble / triple
'das Triple' and 'der Hattrick' both have to do with the number three and are often used in sports. Still, they do not mean the same thing. 'das Triple' usually means that a team or athlete wins three major titles in one season. 'der Hattrick' means, in football/soccer or ice hockey, that the same player scores three goals in one game. In a figurative sense, 'Hattrick' can also mean three successes in direct succession. Learners can easily confuse the words because both sound like a special threefold success. The key point is: Triple = three titles or three related things; Hattrick = three goals or three successes in a row.
Ben erzielte im Finale einen Hattrick und wurde von den Fans gefeiert.
Ben scored a hat trick in the final and was celebrated by the fans.
Nach dem Sieg im Pokal träumt der Verein vom Triple.
After winning the cup, the club is dreaming of the treble.