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hornussen

hornussen noun: a Swiss sport in which a rubber ball is hit from a tee with a flexible stick onto a patch of turf, while the opposing team uses large paddles to prevent it from landing on the patch.

Noun

hornussen (uncountable)

  1. A Swiss sport in which a rubber ball is hit from a tee with a flexible stick onto a patch of turf, while the opposing team uses large paddles to prevent it from landing on the patch.

Origin of hornussen

Borrowed from German Hornussen

Questions about hornussen

What does hornussen mean?
Hornussen means a Swiss sport in which a rubber ball is hit from a tee with a flexible stick onto a patch of turf, while the opposing team uses large paddles to prevent it from landing on the patch.
What part of speech is hornussen?
Hornussen is a noun.

Words near hornussen in the dictionary

  1. hornswoggling
  2. horntail
  3. horntails
  4. Hornton
  5. Hornung
  6. hornussen
  7. hornweed
  8. hornweeds
  9. hornwork
  10. hornworks
  11. hornworm

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