Spielball
German, noun/ˈʃpiːlˌbal/
Spielball is spelled S-P-I-E-L-B-A-L-L (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spielball is a German masculine noun meaning “ball (for a game, sport)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Ball, der zum Spielen bestimmt oder geeignet ist”.
What does Spielball mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineball (for a game, sport)
- 2
masculinepawn, tool (a person or object that is merely the object of something or someone more powerful; played around like a ball)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Ball, der zum Spielen bestimmt oder geeignet ist 2. Ballwechsel, der einen Spielabschnitt innerhalb eines Matches beenden kann 3. etwas oder jemand, der Objekt des Interesses, des Spiels der Kräfte verschiedener Personen oder Personengruppen ist, dabei aber passiv, inaktiv bleibt oder bleiben muss
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 Spielball
- Spielballes genitive
- Spielballs genitive
- Spielbälle plural
- Spielballe dative singular
- Spielbällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spielball?
- /ˈʃpiːlˌbal/
- [ˈʃpiːlˌbal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spielball in German?
Spielball appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).