Do Germans call it soccer or football? I've noticed it's soccer in game so I'm wondering if maybe the translators made a mistake.

StrikeHeart said in comment #2599806:

Do Germans call it soccer or football? I've noticed it's soccer in game so I'm wondering if maybe the translators made a mistake.

We call it Fußball.

In all seriousness, it's a matter of preference, but most people use football, because soccer is idiotic and only americans use that term.

StrikeHeart said in comment #2599806:

Do Germans call it soccer or football? I've noticed it's soccer in game so I'm wondering if maybe the translators made a mistake.

Imagine calling a game "football" when you hold the aforementioned ball in hands all the time
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Incineration said in comment #2599810:

We call it Fußball.

In all seriousness, it's a matter of preference, but most people use football, because soccer is idiotic and only americans use that term.

Just an innocent question, go be culturally insensitive somewhere else geez.

StrikeHeart said in comment #2599824:

Just an innocent question, go be culturally insensitive somewhere else geez.

1. I simply answered your question.
2. There's nothing culturally insensitive about calling out people for being snowflakes.

HerrFegelein said in comment #2599819:

Imagine calling a game "football" when you hold the aforementioned ball in hands all the time
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In America it's called football from the fact it's a game played on their feet, as well as the fact it's more or less a fusion of "soccer" and rugby, I'm assuming the same or similar reason European football is called that and not kick ball or something stupid. Probably why it's called soccer in US, to differentiate, like how it's football and rugby in Europe, we have all three, soccer, football, and rugby. What else would you call it then, something moronic like hand ball or egg throw?