Blechlawine
German (Berlin)
[ˈblɛçlaˌviːnə]
noun
Definitions
- (informal) a slowly advancing, long, solid line of vehicles due to dense traffic or forced flow; river of metal, stream of cars
Etymology
Compound from German Blech (metal sheet, sheet metal, sheet, tin, tray) + German Lawine (avalanche).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Lawine
Gloss
avalanche
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lauwine English
- lābīna Latin
- Alublech German
- Aluminiumblech German
- Backblech German
- Blech German
- Blechbüchse German
- Blechdach German
- Blechdose German
- Blechflöte German
- Blechhütte German
- Blechkasten German
- Blechkuchen German
- Blechteil German
- Eisenblech German
- Goldblech German
- Kuchenblech German
- Lawine German
- Lawinenschutzmauer German
- Schutzblech German
- Silberblech German
- Zinnblech German
- blechern German
- lavina Hungarian
- lavina Italian
- lawine Dutch, Flemish
- лавина Russian
- Blech Polish
- blacha Polish
- lawina Polish
- lavina Czech
- lavina Serbo-Croatian
- лавина Serbo-Croatian
- blëch Middle High German
- лавина Macedonian
- lavína Slovak
- Lauwin Alemannic German