"Schneeballsystem" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃneːbalzʏsˌteːm/ Audio: De-Schneeballsystem.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Schneeball (“snowball”) + System (“system”) Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Schneeball<t:snowball>|System<t:system>}}, {{compound|de|Schneeball|System|t1=snowball|t2=system}} Schneeball (“snowball”) + System (“system”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,e}} Schneeballsystem n (strong, genitive Schneeballsystems, plural Schneeballsysteme) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,e}} Forms: Schneeballsystems [genitive], Schneeballsysteme [plural], strong [table-tags], Schneeballsystem [nominative, singular], Schneeballsysteme [definite, nominative, plural], Schneeballsystems [genitive, singular], Schneeballsysteme [definite, genitive, plural], Schneeballsystem [dative, singular], Schneeballsystemen [dative, definite, plural], Schneeballsystem [accusative, singular], Schneeballsysteme [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. pyramid scheme Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Pyramidensystem

Inflected forms

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