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Germany wins Basketball World Cup for the first time (english.elpais.com)

submitted 1 year ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If I understand it correctly Germany is now NBA champion.

(Shameless btw)

[–] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

NBA is now NBG e.V.

[–] taladar@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NKD e.V. (why would you have English words in a German Verein name).

[–] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because "Basketball" is a German word, i.e. a loanword from English.

[–] taladar@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was mostly because the US was so important to the sport. Obviously now that Germany is the centre of the basketball world that will have to change too and the US will have to loan "Korbball" from German.

[–] knatsch@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Korbball is different from Basketball, hell it's even different from Korbball