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.
ballern (weak, third-person singular present ballert, past tense ballerte, past participle geballert, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | ballern | ||||
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present participle | ballernd | ||||
past participle | geballert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ballre ich ballere ich baller |
wir ballern | i | ich ballere ich ballre |
wir ballern |
du ballerst | ihr ballert | du ballerest du ballrest |
ihr balleret ihr ballret | ||
er ballert | sie ballern | er ballere er ballre |
sie ballern | ||
preterite | ich ballerte | wir ballerten | ii | ich ballerte1 | wir ballerten1 |
du ballertest | ihr ballertet | du ballertest1 | ihr ballertet1 | ||
er ballerte | sie ballerten | er ballerte1 | sie ballerten1 | ||
imperative | ballre (du) baller (du) ballere (du) |
ballert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.