Finnish for busy people

Sports – Urheilu – Hobbies

There are a lot of sports you could be interested in. Below you can find both nouns and verbs related to sports. You should also take a look at our article about the verb harrastaa. If you like soccer, you can read more about that sport in our jalkapallo article.

Finnish English Finnish English

Vesiurheilu

Water sports

Urheilla vedessä

To do sports in the water

kalastus fishing kalastaa to fish
moottorivenekilpailu boat-race osallistua moottorivenekilpailuun to participate in a boat race
purjehdus sailing purjehtia to sail
uinti swimming uida to swim
sukellus diving sukeltaa to dive
vesipallo water polo pelata vesipalloa to play water polo
surffailu surfing surffailla to surf
soutu rowing soutaa to row

Talviurheilu

Winter sports

Urheilla talvella

To do sports in winter

hiihto skiing hiihtää to ski
ampumahiihto biathlon kilpailla ampumahiihdossa compete in a biathlon
luistelu ice skating luistella to ice skate
taitoluistelu figure-skating harrastaa taitoluistelua to figure-skate
jääkiekko ice-hockey pelata jääkiekkoa to play ice-hockey
jäätanssi ice dancing tanssia jäällä to dance on the ice
kelkkailu bob sleighing kelkkailla to sled, to sleigh
laskettelu downhill skiing lasketella to ski downhill
pujottelu slalom skiing harrastaa pujottelua to do slalom skiing
mäkihyppy skijumping mäkihypätä to skijump

Pallopelit

Ball sports

Pelata pallopelejä

To play ball sports

golf golf pelata golfia, golfata to golf
jalkapallo soccer pelata jalkapalloa to play soccer
tennis tennis pelata tennistä to play tennis
koripallo basketball pelata koripalloa to play basketball
käsipallo handball pelata käsipalloa to play handball
pesäpallo Finnish baseball pelata pesäpalloa to play Finnish baseball
kriketti cricket pelata krikettiä to play cricket
lentopallo volleyball pelata lentopalloa to play volleyball
salibandy floorball pelata salibandya to play floorball
seinäpallo squash pelata seinäpalloa to play squash
pöytätennis table tennis pelata pöytätennistä to play table tennis
biljardi billiards pelata biljardia to play billiards
petankki petanque pelata petankkia to play petanque
sulkapallo badminton pelata sulkapalloa to play badminton

Juoksu

Running

Juosta

To run

aitajuoksu hurdling aitoa to run the hurdles
estejuoksu steeplechase harrastaa estejuoksua to steeplechase
hölkkäys jogging hölkätä to jog
lenkkeily jogging lenkkeillä to jog
maastojuoksu cross country running harrastaa maastojuoksua to do cross country running
kestävyysjuoksu long-distance running harrastaa kestävyysjuoksua to do long-distance running
pikajuoksu sprinting harrastaa pikajuoksua to sprint

Muita lajeja

Other sports

Verbi

English

ammunta shooting ampua to shoot
judo judo harrastaa judoa to practice judo
jiujitsu jujutsu harrastaa jiujitsua to practice jujutsu
jumppa aerobics jumpata to do aerobics
karate karate harrastaa karatea to practice karate
kehonrakennus bodybuilding harrastaa kehonrakennusta to do bodybuilding
keihäänheitto javelin throwing heittää keihästä to throw the javelin
kiekonheitto discus throwing heittää kiekkoa to throw the discus
moukarinheitto hammer throwing heittää moukaria to throw the hammer
kolmiloikka triple jumping harrastaa kolmiloikkaa to triple jump
korkeushyppy high jump hypätä korkeutta to do high jumping
kymmenottelu decathlon osallistua kymmenotteluun to join a decathlon
kädenvääntö arm wrestling vääntää kättä to arm wrestle
kävely walking kävellä to walk
maahockey hockey palata maahockeyta to play hockey
maraton marathon juosta maraton to run a marathon
metsästys hunting metsästää to hunt
miekkailu fencing miekkailla to fence
moottoriurheilu motor sports katsoa moottoriurheilua to watch motor sports
nyrkkeily boxing nyrkkeillä to box
paini wrestling painia to wrestle
painonnosto weight-lifting nostaa painoja to lift weights
pituushyppy long jumping hypätä pituutta to do the long jump
pyöräily cycling pyöräillä to cycle
seiväshyppy pole vaulting hypätä seivästä to do the pole vault
vapaapaini free style wrestling harrastaa vapaapainia to do free style wrestling
voimanosto power lifting harrastaa voimanostoa to do power lifting
voimistelu gymnastics voimistella to do gymnastics

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