"Ballast" meaning in All languages combined

See Ballast on Wiktionary

Proper name [Dutch]

IPA: /bɑˈlɑst/ Audio: Nl-ballast.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑst Etymology: First attested as Ballast in 1738. Derived from Dutch Low Saxon ballast (“weeds”), here referring to a patch of overgrown land. Etymology templates: {{der|nl|nds-nl|ballast|t=weeds}} Dutch Low Saxon ballast (“weeds”) Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n}} Ballast n
  1. a hamlet in Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in Drenthe, Netherlands, Places in the Netherlands, Villages in Drenthe, Netherlands, Villages in the Netherlands
    Sense id: en-Ballast-nl-name-wHl~7NEV Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈbalast/, /baˈlast/ Audio: De-Ballast.ogg [Germany, Berlin], De-Ballast2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German ballast, a compound word the second part of which is Last. The origin of the first part is uncertain; several theories and possible paths of borrowing are discussed. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:bor|gml:ballast<id:architecture><ety:der<gmw-pro:*hlasti<id:load>>>|id=ballast}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "architecture", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "load", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "load", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "load", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "put", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kleh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*hlaþaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*hlaþan", "lang" : "gmw-pro" }, { "id" : "abstract noun suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "abstract noun suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-þi", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*hlasti", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle Low German", "term" : "ballast", "lang" : "gml" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Ballast", "lang" : "de" }" data-id="ballast" data-lang="de" data-title="Ballast" id="German:_ballast">, {{bor+|de|gml|ballast}} Borrowed from Middle Low German ballast Head templates: {{de-noun|m,es}} Ballast m (strong, genitive Ballastes, plural Ballaste) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,es}} Forms: Ballastes [genitive], Ballaste [plural], strong [table-tags], Ballast [nominative, singular], Ballaste [definite, nominative, plural], Ballastes [genitive, singular], Ballaste [definite, genitive, plural], Ballast [dative, singular], Ballaste [dative, singular], Ballasten [dative, definite, plural], Ballast [accusative, singular], Ballaste [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (nautical or figuratively) ballast Tags: figuratively, masculine, strong

Inflected forms

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