1) Everyday German physics term 2) Familiar German physics term 3) German physics term 4) Prevalent German physics term 5) Snow pellets 6) Soft hail 
frozen rain or snowflakes
aka snow pellets
Small pellets of ice created when supercooled water droplets coat, or rime, a snowflake. The pellets are cloudy or white, not clear like sleet, and often are mistaken for hail.
Precipitation formed when super cooled water droplets collide and freeze.
A type of precipitation that consists of a snow crystal and a raindrop frozen together. Also called snow pellets.
snowflakes that become rounded pellets due to riming; typical sizes are 2 to 5 millimeters in diameter (0.1 to 0.2 inch); graupel is sometimes mistaken for hail.
Type of precipitation caused when freezing fog condenses on a snowflake. Looks like Styrofoam BBs and is also called snow pellets or soft hail.