how to pronounce basketball

/ˈbaːskətˌbal/

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the above transcription of basketball is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

basketball is pronounced in three syllables

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1.

b
aː
s

2.

k
ə
t

3.

b
a
l

example pitch curve for pronunciation of basketball

baːskətbal

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An example use of basketball in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… als hoch oder bars der basketball spiele …”

meanings of basketball

noun:

  1. Basketball.

basketball frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word basketball occurs in german on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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