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Catalan
Verb
ballen
- third-person plural present indicative of ballar
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑlə(n)/
- Hyphenation: bal‧len
- Rhymes: -ɑlən
Etymology 1
From bal + -en.
Verb
ballen
- (intransitive) to play with a ball
- (transitive) to form into a ball or similar shape; to clasp, clench (into a fist)
- (transitive, vulgar) to fuck
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ballen
- plural of bal
German
Etymology
Either from Old High German or borrowed from Old French bale, or a related term in the Romance family. Probably cognate with English bale, which is itself of similar uncertain etymological derivation.
Pronunciation
Verb
ballen (weak, third-person singular present ballt, past tense ballte, past participle geballt, auxiliary haben)
- to agglomerate
- to bale
- (fist) to clench
- (clouds) to gather
Conjugation
Conjugation of
ballen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
ballen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ballen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ballen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “ballen” in Duden online
- “ballen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Huave
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ballena.
Noun
ballen
- whale
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 85
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpallen/
Verb
ballen
- first-person singular past indicative of ballat
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ballen m
- definite singular of ball
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ballen m
- definite singular of ball
Swedish
Noun
ballen
- definite singular of balle
- (humorous) Contraction of balkongen (“the balcony”).
2021 April 21, Patrik Isaksson, “patrikisakssonofficial”, in Instagram:Sitter på ballen nu å njuter. Hoppas ni har en härlig dag.- Sitting on the balcony now enjoying. Hope you have a wonderful day.
2021 September 21, Kenza Zouiten, “Sitter på ballen med en kall cola”, in Kenzas.se:Jag har hittat internet ute på ballen! Inte så stark signalstyrka dock så det går lite segt…- I found internet out on the balcony! Not so strong signal strength though so it's a bit slow…