English-German translation for "snowball"

"snowball" German translation

snowball
noun | Substantiv s

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  • Schneeballmasculine | Maskulinum m
    snowball
    snowball
  • Snowballmasculine | Maskulinum m
    snowball drink
    snowball drink
  • Schneeballschlachtfeminine | Femininum f
    snowball snowballball fight
    snowball snowballball fight
  • (fund) Fonds, der sich durch Werben neuer Mitglieder ständig vergrößert
    snowball British English | britisches EnglischBr
    snowball British English | britisches EnglischBr
  • (Art) (Apfel)Reispuddingmasculine | Maskulinum m
    snowball dish British English | britisches EnglischBr
    snowball dish British English | britisches EnglischBr
  • Schneeballmasculine | Maskulinum m (alle weiß blühenden Arten der Gattg Viburnum)
    snowball botany | BotanikBOT
    snowball botany | BotanikBOT
snowball
transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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  • mit Schneebällen bewerfen
    snowball
    snowball
snowball
intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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  • lawinenartig anwachsen, immer größer werden
    snowball figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    snowball figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
to roll a snowball
to roll a snowball
Ich habe nicht einmal den Hauch einer Chance.
I don't have a snowball's chance in hell.
Source: Tatoeba
Das ist ungefähr so, als jongliere man einen Schneeball durch die Tropen.
Imagine juggling a snowball across the tropics.
Source: TED
Und dieser Schneeaffe hat einen Schneeball gebaut, den er jetzt den Hügel hinunterrollen wird.
And this Japanese macaque has made a snowball, and he or she's going to roll down a hill.
Source: TED
Sollen wir eine Schneeballschlacht machen?
Shall we have a snowball fight?
Source: Tatoeba
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