Nationalelf means “national soccer team”

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Nach seiner Verletzung ist er noch nicht wieder in der Nationalelf.

After his injury, he has not yet returned to the national soccer team.

A country's eleven football starters move as one team under the national colors.

zur Nationalelf zurückkehren
return to the national soccer team
aus der Nationalelf aussortiert werden
be dropped from the national soccer team
in die Startelf der Nationalelf berufen werden
be selected for the national soccer team's starting eleven

Nationalmannschaft: A country's soccer team selected to represent the nation.
Elf: The eleven players who take the field for a match.

Die Nationalelf ist im Fußball die Nationalmannschaft eines Landes, meist die elf startenden Spieler bei internationalen Begegnungen.

Nationalelf combines the German words "national" and "Elf" (eleven), referring especially to a national football team of eleven players.

Nationalelf is feminine, so the standard form is "die Nationalelf"; its plural is "Nationalelfen".