Schmetterball
German, noun[ˈʃmɛtɐˌbal]
Schmetterball is spelled S-C-H-M-E-T-T-E-R-B-A-L-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmetterball is a German masculine noun meaning “smash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr schnell gespielter Ball, der schwer abwehrbar ist”.
What does Schmetterball mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmash
- 2
masculinedunk shot
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr schnell gespielter Ball, der schwer abwehrbar ist
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 Schmetterball
- Schmetterballes genitive
- Schmetterballs genitive
- Schmetterbälle plural
- Schmetterballe dative singular
- Schmetterbällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmetterball?
- [ˈʃmɛtɐˌbal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schmetterball in German?
Schmetterball appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).