mannschaft is a common german word meaning team in
sports or crew in seafaring.
contrary to popular belief, this is not a nickname for the german soccer national team, but can be used for any
sports team or crew of a ship.
* the US football team -
die US-footballmannschaft
* the chinese table tennis team -
die chinesische tischtennismannschaft
* the german soccer team -
die deutsche nationalmannschaft
* the crew of the USS nimitz - die mannschaft der USS nimitz
* the crew of a large ass freighter - die mannschaft eines saugroßen frachters ;)
the word is rarely, if ever, used outside of
sports or seafaring.
for example, a team of scientists is not a mannschaft von wissenschaftlern, but simply a team of them, just like in english.
likewise, a team of terrorists
will never be called a terroristenmannschaft, but simply a terroristenteam.
the crew of aircraft is usually called besatzung instead of mannschaft, both can be used and
will be understood, but besatzung is more common.
