"mothballs" in German mothballs Mottenkugeln Detailed translations for "mothballs" mothballs mothballs Mottenkugeln{masculine plural} The main ingredient in mothballs is naphthalene.   Source: opensubtitles.org  Corpus by OPUS  Request review Der Hauptbestandteil von Mottenkugeln ist Naphthalin. The smell of mothballs and Poligrip.   Source: opensubtitles.org  Corpus by OPUS  Request review Der Geruch von Mottenkugeln und Haftcreme.