Blechlawine

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German

FWOTD – 9 February 2019

Etymology

Blech (“sheet metal”) +‎ Lawine (“avalanche”)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Blech‧la‧wi‧ne

Noun

Blechlawine f (genitive Blechlawine, plural Blechlawinen)

  1. (informal, humorous) a slowly advancing, long, solid line of vehicles due to dense traffic or forced flow; river of metal, stream of cars
    • 2004, Uwe Rada: Zwischenland: Europäische Geschichten aus dem deutsch-polnischen Grenzgebiet. be.bra verlag, Berlin-Brandenburg, →ISBN (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 6, 2015), p. 33:
      Die Blechlawine rollt nicht, sie steht.
      The stream of cars does not roll , it stands still.
    • 2013, Matthias Prangel: Die Frau auf dem Hochseil: Erzählung. 1st edition, Wiesenburg Verlag, Schweinfurt, →ISBN (e-book; GoogleBooks; retrieved October 6, 2015):
      Dazu gehörte es, sich, wie alle anderen auch, auf dem Fahrrad halsbrecherisch, alle Verkehrsregeln in den Wind schlagend, durch die Blechlawinen der Stadt zu schlängeln.
      To be that, you – like everyone else – had to worm your way on a bicycle at a breakneck pace – by throwing all traffic regulations to the winds – through the city′s rivers of metal.
    • 2014, Klaus Heidenreich: Lächeln in Bangkok. epubli, Berlin, →ISBN (e-book; GoogleBooks; retrieved October 6, 2015):
      Eine endlose Blechlawine wälzt sich die Straße entlang.
      An endless river of metal is rolling along the street.

Declension

Declension of Blechlawine
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Blechlawine die Blechlawinen
genitive einer der Blechlawine der Blechlawinen
dative einer der Blechlawine den Blechlawinen
accusative eine die Blechlawine die Blechlawinen

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