Balken

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See also: balken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German balke, from Old High German balko, balcho, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Compare English balk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalkn̩/, /ˈbalkən/
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  • Hyphenation: Bal‧ken

Noun

Balken m (strong, genitive Balkens, plural Balken)

  1. beam, crossbeam
    Synonym: (Austria) Tram
    Das Dach wird von vier Balken gestützt. ― The roof is supported by four beams.
  2. bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart; informal unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone)
    Ich habe noch vier Balken Akku. ― I still have four bars of battery.
  3. (music) beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value)
  4. (heraldry) fess

Declension

Declension of Balken
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Balken die Balken
genitive eines des Balkens der Balken
dative einem dem Balken den Balken
accusative einen den Balken die Balken

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • → Old Polish: belka

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