The German and Dutch national teams meet each other today. Kick-off is at 2.30 p.m.
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Kick-off
Synonyms for "kick-off" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
Translations
40 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اَلْبِدَايَة noun (opening kick in football)
Catalan
3 entries- seqüència d'obertura d'un esdeveniment noun (opening sequence of an event)
- servei de centre noun (opening kick in football)
- servei inicial noun (opening kick in football)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 開球 /开球 noun (opening kick in football)
Czech
1 entries- výkop noun (opening kick in football)
Dutch
1 entries- aftrap noun (opening kick in football)
Estonian
1 entries- avalöök noun (opening kick in football)
Finnish
4 entries- alkupotku noun (opening sequence of an event)
- aloitus noun (opening sequence of an event)
- avaus noun (opening sequence of an event)
- avauspotku noun (opening kick in football)
French
2 entries- coup d'envoi noun (opening kick in football)
- lancement noun (opening sequence of an event)
German
3 entries- Anstoß noun (opening kick in football)
- Auftakt noun (opening sequence of an event)
- Startschuss noun (opening sequence of an event)
Italian
3 entries- calcio d'inizio noun (opening kick in football)
- inizio noun (opening sequence of an event)
- partenza noun (opening sequence of an event)
Japanese
2 entries- キックオフ noun (opening kick in football)
- 先蹴 noun (opening kick in football)
Korean
3 entries- 먼저차기 noun (opening kick in football)
- 선축 noun (opening kick in football)
- 킥오프 noun (opening kick in football)
Norwegian
1 entries- avspark noun (opening kick in football)
Polish
2 entries- rozpoczęcie meczu noun (opening kick in football)
- rozpoczęcie spotkania noun (opening kick in football)
Portuguese
4 entries- pontapé de saída noun (opening kick in football)
- pontapé inicial noun (opening kick in football)
- pontapé inicial noun (opening sequence of an event)
- tiro de partida noun (opening sequence of an event)
Russian
4 entries- введе́ние мяча́ в игру́ noun (opening kick in football)
- кик-о́фф noun (opening kick in football)
- нача́ло noun (opening sequence of an event)
- старт noun (opening sequence of an event)
Spanish
3 entries- pistoletazo de salida noun (opening sequence of an event)
- saque noun (opening kick in football)
- saque inicial noun (opening kick in football)
Swedish
1 entries- avspark noun (opening kick in football)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Germany and The Netherlands play each other today. Kick-off is at 2.30 p.m.
Source: tatoeba (10972025)
The soccer match started with Gustavo's kick-off.
Source: tatoeba (11766907)
The hymn Abide with Me is sung before kick-off at every FA Cup Final.
Source: tatoeba (11816576)
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