German for "
soccer" (
US) / "
football" (
Other).
Also the name though perhaps with altered spellings of a table game played with between 2 and 4 people, each of which controls rotating sticks which span the breadth of the table and which contain various numbers of players (one for the goalie, then up to 4 or 5 for the midfielders. The goal just like soccer is to get goals (i.e. kicking the ball with your little rotating men through the goal of your opponent). Simple...
Note: Fußball is masculine ergo "Der Fußball" (plural : Die Fußbälle)