Schiedsrichterball
German, noun/ˈʃiːtsʁɪçtɐbal/
Schiedsrichterball is spelled S-C-H-I-E-D-S-R-I-C-H-T-E-R-B-A-L-L (18 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiedsrichterball is a German masculine noun meaning “drop-ball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ball, der vom Schiedsrichter nach Spielunterbrechungen, denen kein Regelverstoß vorangegangen war, neutral…”.
What does Schiedsrichterball mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrop-ball
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ball, der vom Schiedsrichter nach Spielunterbrechungen, denen kein Regelverstoß vorangegangen war, neutral ins Spiel gebracht wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schiedsrichterball
- Schiedsrichterballes genitive
- Schiedsrichterballs genitive
- Schiedsrichterbälle plural
- Schiedsrichterballe dative singular
- Schiedsrichterbällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schiedsrichterball?
- /ˈʃiːtsʁɪçtɐbal/
- [ˈʃiːt͡sʁɪçtɐˌbal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schiedsrichterball in German?
Schiedsrichterball appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).