# die Blechlawine

die Blechlawine is a German noun meaning “river of metal”. Forms: der Blechlawine, die Blechlawinen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Blechlawine
- Plural: die Blechlawinen

## Meanings

1. _humorous · colloquial_ 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 (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 6, 2015), p. 33 — The stream of cars does not roll [along], it stands still.

## Examples

- Um diese Zeit ist die Autobahn hier immer eine einzige Blechlawine. — At this time of day, the motorway here is always chock-full.
- Eine Blechlawine rollte durch das kleine Dörfchen. — A solid line of cars passed through the little village.

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