English-German translations for crystal ball

• Glaskugel die
• Kristallkugel die
  Wenn ich in meine Kristallkugel sähe, würde ich dies in den kommenden Jahren sehen. If I looked into my crystal ball, that is what I would see in years to come.
  Ich habe keine Kristallkugel und kann Ihnen also nicht sagen, wie weit diese Idee reichen wird. I do not have a crystal ball and therefore cannot tell you how far this idea will go.
  Zu oft haben wir in die Kristallkugel geschaut und eine Serie von wunderbaren Plänen gesehen, aber jeder ist unsichtbar für den nächsten Plan. Too often, we have gazed into crystal balls and seen a series of marvellous plans, but each is impenetrable to the next.

Definition of crystal ball

• A globe of glass or crystal used to foretell the future
• A way of seeing into the future
• One of the magickal tools of Wicca, used for divination and altar purposes

Examples

• The psychic looked into the crystal ball and saw into the future
• If her past is a crystal ball to her future, she will perhaps never be rich, even though she is a good, kind, educated, hard-working person

Related words

• crystal
• quasicrystal
• crystallography
• crystallographer
• crystallomancy
• uncrystalline
• crystallised
• crystallized
• crystallize
• crystallise