ballen

See also: Ballen and Bällen

Catalan

Verb

ballen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ballar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑlə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bal‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɑlən

Etymology 1

From bal + -en.

Verb

ballen

  1. (intransitive) to play with a ball
  2. (transitive) to form into a ball or similar shape; to clasp, clench (into a fist)
  3. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck
Inflection
Conjugation of ballen (weak)
infinitive ballen
past singular balde
past participle gebald
infinitive ballen
gerund ballen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular balbalde
2nd person sing. (jij) baltbalde
2nd person sing. (u) baltbalde
2nd person sing. (gij) baltbalde
3rd person singular baltbalde
plural ballenbalden
subjunctive sing.1 ballebalde
subjunctive plur.1 ballenbalden
imperative sing. bal
imperative plur.1 balt
participles ballendgebald
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • samenballen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ballen

  1. 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

  • (file)

Verb

ballen (weak, third-person singular present ballt, past tense ballte, past participle geballt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to agglomerate
  2. to bale
  3. (fist) to clench
  4. (clouds) to gather

Conjugation

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

  1. 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

  1. first-person singular past indicative of ballat

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ballen m

  1. definite singular of ball

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ballen m

  1. definite singular of ball

Swedish

Noun

ballen

  1. definite singular of balle
  2. (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…
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