Goodbye language barriers

Large European Championship lexicon: these fan terms are a must

They clap, jump, cheer, boo, bathe in a sea of tears or swim on the laola wave. Soccer fans live from emotions that need no words. Nevertheless, when football is talked about, the vocabulary differs from country to country. Krone+ breaks down language barriers during the European Championship and shows why you should talk to English people about hairdryers, French people about furniture and Spanish people about cucumbers.

"What kind of tea do soccer players drink?" - "Penal-tea." Badumm-tsss...

Okay, maybe there are better ways to start an international fan conversation than with a (bad) joke.

There should be plenty of opportunities at the moment. 2.7 million visitors are expected to attend 51 European Championship matches in the ten stadiums and around seven million guests in the fan zones and at public viewings in Germany alone. There will once again be a colorful potpourri of different nations, dreams, expectations, idiosyncrasies - and languages!

With our overview, you can also shine with sports-specific vocabulary and idioms among fans of different European Championship countries: