"Spielball" meaning in German

See Spielball in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃpiːlˌbal/ Audio: De-Spielball.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Spiel + Ball Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Spiel|Ball}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "blow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰel-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*balluz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "balluz", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "bal", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "bal", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Ball", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Spielball", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Spielball">, {{compound|de|Spiel|Ball}} Spiel + Ball Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Spielball m (strong, genitive Spielballes or Spielballs, plural Spielbälle) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Spielballes [genitive], Spielballs [genitive], Spielbälle [plural], strong [table-tags], Spielball [nominative, singular], Spielbälle [definite, nominative, plural], Spielballes [genitive, singular], Spielballs [genitive, singular], Spielbälle [definite, genitive, plural], Spielball [dative, singular], Spielballe [dative, singular], Spielbällen [dative, definite, plural], Spielball [accusative, singular], Spielbälle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. ball (for a game, sport) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Spielball-de-noun-AChFSuZ-
  2. (figurative) pawn, tool (a person or object that is merely the object of something or someone more powerful; played around like a ball) Tags: figuratively, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Spielball-de-noun-AnuIsO-r Categories (other): German entries referencing ambiguous etymons, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 9 91 Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 8 92 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96

Inflected forms

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