American Football in other Languages
The sport we know as American football is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for American football in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for American football in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be either a literal translation of the name or phonetic spelling of American football in the other languages. In many places arwound the world, the sport is also known as Gridiron.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of American football |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Amerikaanse voetbal |
| Albanian | Futboll Amerikan |
| Anglo-Saxon | Americanisc fōtball |
| Arabic | كرة القدم الأمريكية |
| Armenian | Ամերիկյան ֆուտբոլ |
| Asturian | Fútbol americanu |
| Azerbaijani | Amerika futbolu |
| Bashkir | Америка футболы |
| Basque | Futbol amerikarra |
| Belarusian | Амерыканскі футбол |
| Bosnian | Američki nogomet |
| Bulgarian | Американски футбол |
| Cantonese | 美式足球 |
| Catalan | Futbol americà |
| Chinese | 美式足球 |
| Classical Chinese | 美式足球 |
| Croatian | Američki nogomet |
| Czech | Americký fotbal |
| Danish | Amerikansk fodbold |
| Dutch | American football |
| Egyptian Arabic | كورة القدم الامريكيه |
| English | American football |
| Esperanto | Usona piedpilkado |
| Estonian | Ameerika jalgpall |
| Faroese | Amerikanskur fótbóltur |
| Fiji Hindi | American football |
| Finnish | Amerikkalainen jalkapallo |
| French | Football américain |
| Galician | Fútbol americano |
| Georgian | ამერიკული ფეხბურთი |
| German | American Football |
| Greek | Αμερικανικό ποδόσφαιρο |
| Hebrew | פוטבול |
| Hindi | अमेरिकी फ़ुटबॉल |
| Hungarian | Amerikai futball |
| Icelandic | Amerískur fótbolti |
| Indonesian | Sepak bola Amerika |
| Irish | Peil Mheiriceánach |
| Italian | Football americano |
| Japanese | アメリカンフットボール |
| Javanese | Bal-balan gagrag Amérika Sarékat |
| Kannada | ಅಮೇರಿಕದ ಫುಟ್ಬಾಲ್ |
| Kazakh | Америкалық футбол |
| Korean | 미식축구 |
| Latin | Harpastum Americanum |
| Latvian | Amerikāņu futbols |
| Lithuanian | Amerikietiškasis futbolas |
| Malay | Bola sepak Amerika |
| Malayalam | അമേരിക്കൻ ഫുട്ബോൾ |
| Marathi | अमेरिकन फुटबॉल |
| Min Nan | Bí-kok-sek kha-kiû |
| Newar / Nepal Bhasa | अमेरिकन फुटबल |
| Norwegian | Amerikansk fotball |
| Norwegian | Amerikansk fotball |
| Occitan | Fotbòl american |
| Pennsylvania German | Footballe |
| Persian | فوتبال آمریکایی |
| Polish | Futbol amerykański |
| Portuguese | Futebol americano |
| Romanian | Fotbal american |
| Russian | Американский футбол |
| Scots | American fitbaw |
| Scottish Gaelic | Ball-coise Aimearaganach |
| Serbian | Амерички фудбал |
| Serbo-Croatian | Američki fudbal |
| Sicilian | Futtibboll Miricanu |
| Slovak | Americký futbal |
| Slovene | Ameriški nogomet |
| Sorani Kurdish | تۆپی پێی ئەمریکی |
| Spanish | Fútbol americano |
| Swedish | Amerikansk fotboll |
| Tagalog | Amerikanong putbol |
| Tajik | Футболи амрикоӣ |
| Tamil | அமெரிக்கக் கால்பந்தாட்டம் |
| Thai | อเมริกันฟุตบอล |
| Turkish | Amerikan futbolu |
| Ukrainian | Американський футбол |
| Urdu | امریکی فٹ بال |
| Uzbek | Amerika futboli |
| Vietnamese | Bóng bầu dục Mỹ |
| Walloon | Fotbal amerikin |
| Welsh | Pêl-droed Americanaidd |
| West Frisian | Amerikaansk fuotbal |
| Yiddish | אמעריקאנישער פוסבאל |
Related Pages
- American Football Home
- Sport Names in Other Languages
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