A question for our German members.

I'm not German, but I did used to play pool in a skittles alley when I was working out there, and that used to be called going 'an-aus' ('against-off').

Actually, thinking about it, that was what they called it when you used the cue ball to ricochet off the cushions to break up the pack, which isn't what you meant at all.

Sorry. It was 37 years ago. Forgotten more than I remember these days.

Many thanks, Screaming. :)

I'm wondering if they might also use the English word BANK, but would like to know if there's a specific German term.

I'm sure two or three German gentlemen frequent the forum. Hopefully one of them is a pool player. :)

it could be a slang name for ladies who like ladies?

Really?

think so, bank could means lots of things, whether it does in German i don't know but it does use some Dutch connotations
Mind you i wouldn't fancy saying it in America

Just to clarify, sir. Do you mean a four-letter word beginning with D?

yes, Pokermonster, i do

Thank you, sir. I'll endeavour to verify it with a few other folks. :)

only trying to throw something out there, Pokermonster. I'm sure there's a polyglot on here somewhere

Very much appreciated, Mr B. :)

you're very polite, Pokermonster. It's been a pleasure

I do know one or two German speakers, but a straight translation of DOUBLE or BANK would probably be totally inappropriate. I need somebody very familiar with billiard-specific terminology.

Here's the shot:

https://www.billard.tips/2014/10/billard-ubung-nr15-lochen-in.html

It describes the shot as über die Bande (across the cushion).

Bei dieser Übung wird das Lochen in die Mitteltasche über die Bande geübt.

(In this exercise you're practising potting into the middle pocket across the cushion.)

Which brings us to:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Pool

... which tells us:

Bank Pool ist eine Variante des Poolbillards.

Ähnlich wie beim 8-Ball oder 14/1e müssen zu lochende Bälle und Taschen angesagt werden. Dabei darf jeder Ball angespielt werden, muss aber im Gegensatz zu allen anderen Poolbillardvarianten "über Bande" gelocht werden, der Objektball muss also zuerst in die Bande gespielt werden, bevor er von dieser abprallt und in Richtung Loch rollt.

Der Name dieser Spielart leitet sich auch von dieser Besonderheit ab, da das englische Wort bank dem deutschen Wort Bande entspricht. Der Ursprung des Bank Pool ist also US-amerikanisch, wo es heute auch noch gespielt wird.

(Bank pool is a variant of pool billiards.

As with 8-ball or 14/1, players have to nominate which balls are to be potted into which pockets. Any ball can be played, but, in contrast to every other variant of pool, the balls must be potted "across cushion" ["über Bande"]. In other words, the object ball must first be played into the cushion, before bouncing off the latter and rolling in the direction of the pocket.

The name of the game derives from this rule, since the English word bank corresponds to the German word Bande. Bank pool originated in the USA, where it is played to this day.)

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So, I suppose they would call it ein Bandestoß (a cushion shot, or bank shot) or ein Stoß über Bande (a cross-cushion or cross-bank shot).

in German it's known as a Deutsche (i.e. bank) or a Dopple. If you attempt a double, and someone has seen a strikingly similar shot before, they call it a doppleganger.