einen Sport ausüben

to practice a specific sport

Türkçe: bir spor dalıyla uğraşmak

Noun

Sport m.

Verb

ausüben

Topic

Körper und Gesundheit

In a sentence

Mein Großvater übte bis ins hohe Alter regelmäßig einen Sport aus.

How it is used

Means 'to practice a specific sport' regularly. Neutral register. Use in a hobby conversation about playing tennis twice a week. Common mistake: learners may use 'machen' instead of 'ausüben' for specific sports.

Other verbs that go with Sport

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Sport machen / treibento do sports

All collocations with Sport

Other collocations built on ausüben

• ein Amt ausübento exercise/perform the duties of an office
• Autorität ausübento exercise authority
• einen Beruf ausübento practice a profession
• einen Einfluss ausüben auf+Akk.to have a continuous or significant effect on something
• Druck ausüben auf+Akk.to apply pressure on someone, often psychologically or politically
• eine Faszination ausüben auf+Akk.to exert a fascination on someone
• (die) Herrschaft ausüben über+Akk.to exercise control/dominion over someone
• Kraft ausübento exert force/power