ballern

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ballern. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ballern, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ballern in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ballern you have here. The definition of the word ballern will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofballern, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

German

Etymology

From Late Middle High German bollern, from Middle Low German balderen, (with Low German -ld--ll-). Compare Dutch bolderen and bulderen. However, independent onomatopoeia is equally possible. The football sense via “to shoot” and through secondary association with Ball (ball). See also Bollerwagen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalɐn/
  • (file)

Verb

ballern (weak, third-person singular present ballert, past tense ballerte, past participle geballert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bang (make a loud, dull sound)
  2. (colloquial) to shoot, particularly: to be trigger-happy
  3. (soccer) to hammer (shoot hard)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading