balen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːlə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ba‧len
  • Rhymes: -aːlən

Etymology 1

From baal (“bale”) +‎ -en or rather balen (“bales”), used in ironic expressions with tabak (“tobacco; something excellent”) to express frustration or annoyance; compare tabak hebben van. The reanalysis as a verb probably developed from phrases like het is balen (“it is frustrating”).

Verb

balen

  1. (intransitive) to be annoyed, frustrated or fed up
    Niemand vond het erg dat de kelner de verkeerde aanspreektitel gebruikte, maar hij baalt wel van de vergissing.
    Nobody minded that the waiter used the incorrect titel of address, but he certainly does resent his own mistake.
    Dat de brug nu al weken kapot is, is balen.
    It is so annoying that the bridge has been out of order for weeks.
    Eerst kom je te laat en nu heb jij het cadeau vergeten? Ja, daar baal ik wel van!
    First you showed up too late and now you forgot to bring the present? Yes, you bet I am fed up with that!
  2. (intransitive, Suriname) to be bored; to be mildly annoyed through having nothing to do
    Hij baalde thuis dus hij ging buiten de stad om te gaan zwemmen.
    He was bored at home, so he went out of town to go swimming.
Usage notes

Prepositional phrases with van are reserved for nominal and pronominal arguments, including dummy objects:

Inwoners balen van de trage voortgang. ― Residents are annoyed by the slow-going progress.
Haar baas baalt van jou. ― Her boss is fed up with you.

Dat and hoe are used for clauses; the adverb ervan may be used in the governing clause as a dummy object:

De ouders baalden ervan, dat de toetsuitslagen ongeldig verklaard werden.
The parents were annoyed that the test results were declared invalid.
Ik baal ervan, hoe je me steeds weer weet over te halen.
I am sick of how you manage to persuade me time and again.
Inflection
Inflection of balen (weak)
infinitive balen
past singular baalde
past participle gebaald
infinitive balen
gerund balen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular baal baalde
2nd person sing. (jij) baalt baalde
2nd person sing. (u) baalt baalde
2nd person sing. (gij) baalt baalde
3rd person singular baalt baalde
plural balen baalden
subjunctive sing.1 bale baalde
subjunctive plur.1 balen baalden
imperative sing. baal
imperative plur.1 baalt
participles balend gebaald
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb balen.

Interjection

balen

  1. (informal) too bad, that sucks

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

balen

  1. plural of baal

Kapampangan

Etymology

Contraction of balayan (“place of houses”), from bale +‎ -an. The final vowel "-e" morphs to "-ay" before suffixes. Compare Tagalog bayan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlen/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧len

Noun

balén

  1. town

Derived terms

Spanish

Verb

balen

  1. inflection of balar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

balen

  1. definite singular of bal
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