Vocab: Sport — B2

Sport vocabulary at B2 level.

Maskulin Feminin Neutrum Plural

der Tor — fool, simpleton

This Tor is the masculine noun meaning a fool and is literary or old-fashioned. Do not confuse it with neuter das Tor, meaning a gate or a goal; der Tor is a weak masculine noun and has Toren in the plural.

Der Tor glaubt ihm sofort.

The fool believes him immediately.

glaubt means believes, and sofort means immediately. Der Tor is nominative because it is the subject; this noun is a weak masculine noun, but nominative singular has no -en ending.

Alle halten ihn für einen Toren.

Everyone considers him a fool.

alle means everyone, halten means consider, and für means for or as. Einen Toren is accusative after für; as a weak masculine noun, Tor becomes Toren outside the nominative singular.

Niemand hilft dem Toren.

Nobody helps the fool.

niemand means nobody, and hilft means helps. Dem Toren is dative because helfen always takes a dative person; the weak noun ending -en is required.

Die Naivität des Toren ist erschreckend.

The fool’s naivety is frightening.

die Naivität means naivety, and erschreckend means frightening. Des Toren is genitive because it shows whose naivety is meant; both the article and the weak noun ending must be used.

Die Toren lachen über ihren Fehler.

The fools laugh about their mistake.

lachen means laugh, über means about, and der Fehler is the mistake. Toren is the plural of der Tor and keeps the weak ending -en; über ihren Fehler is an accusative phrase because über means about here.