ballasten

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ballasten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑˈlɑs.tə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bal‧las‧ten

Verb

ballasten

  1. (transitive) to ballast

Conjugation

Conjugation of ballasten (weak)
infinitive ballasten
past singular ballastte
past participle geballast
infinitive ballasten
gerund ballasten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ballast ballastte
2nd person sing. (jij) ballast ballastte
2nd person sing. (u) ballast ballastte
2nd person sing. (gij) ballast ballastte
3rd person singular ballast ballastte
plural ballasten ballastten
subjunctive sing.1 ballaste ballastte
subjunctive plur.1 ballasten ballastten
imperative sing. ballast
imperative plur.1 ballast
participles ballastend geballast
1) Archaic.

German

Verb

ballasten (weak, third-person singular present ballastet, past tense ballastete, past participle ballastet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical, rare) to ballast
    Antonym: lenzen
    • Zentralkommission für die Rheinschiffahrt, Verordnung über die Beförderung gefährlicher Güter auf dem Rhein (ADNR), Binnenschifffahrtsverlag GmbH, Duisburg,
      9.3.1.35.1 [...] wenn ballasten über die Wasserleitung der Feuerlöscheinrichtung im Bereich der Ladung und das Lenzen mittels Ejektoren erfolgt.
      9.3.1.35.1 if the ballasting is effected through the water pipe of the fire extinguishing device in the area of the cargo and the bilge water removal through ejectors.

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ballasten m

  1. definite singular of ballast

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

ballasten m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of ballast