Völkerball
German, noun/ˈfœlkɐˌbal/
Völkerball is spelled V-Ö-L-K-E-R-B-A-L-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Völkerball is a German masculine noun meaning “dodgeball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ballspiel, das hauptsächlich von Kindern gespielt wird: Es geht darum, die gegnerischen Spieler so mit dem…”.
What does Völkerball mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedodgeball
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ballspiel, das hauptsächlich von Kindern gespielt wird: Es geht darum, die gegnerischen Spieler so mit dem Ball zu treffen (abzubacken), dass sie ihn nicht fangen können und das Feld verlassen müssen
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 Völkerball
- Völkerballs genitive
- Völkerballes genitive
- Völkerballe dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Völkerball?
- /ˈfœlkɐˌbal/
- [ˈfœlkɐˌbal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Völkerball
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Völkerball in German?
Völkerball appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).