"Balg" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /balk/, /balç/ Audio: De-Balg.ogg Forms: Balges [genitive], Balgs [genitive], Bälge [plural], Balge [plural]
Rhymes: -alk Etymology: From Middle High German balc, from Old High German balg, from Proto-West Germanic *balgi. Words for inflated objects are often used to refer to children; compare western German Panz (“child”), which is related with Pansen (“rumen”). Cognates Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), Dutch balg, English belly, bellows. Compare also Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”), Avestan ⁧𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱⁩ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), Persian ⁧بالش⁩ (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis. Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*bʰelǵʰ-}}, {{dercat|de|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|de|gmh|balc}} Middle High German balc, {{inh|de|goh|balg}} Old High German balg, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*balgi}} Proto-West Germanic *balgi, {{m+|de|Panz|t=child}} German Panz (“child”), {{m|de|Pansen|t=rumen}} Pansen (“rumen”), {{cog|got|𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃||wineskin}} Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), {{cog|nl|balg}} Dutch balg, {{cog|en|belly}} English belly, {{m|en|bellows}} bellows, {{cog|ru|балка||thick plank}} Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”), {{cog|sl|blazina||cushion}} Slovene blazina (“cushion”), {{cog|ae|𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱||cushion, cover}} Avestan ⁧𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱⁩ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), {{cog|fa|بالش||pillow|tr=bâleš}} Persian ⁧بالش⁩ (bâleš, “pillow”), {{cog|hy|բարձ||sc=Armn}} Armenian բարձ (barj), {{cog|prg|balsinis}} Old Prussian balsinis Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e:e}} Balg m (strong, genitive Balges or Balgs, plural Bälge or Balge)
  1. (hunting) the hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-Balg-de-noun-auytBrPz Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  2. (technology) short for Blasebalg (“bellows”), used especially with musical instruments, such as the accordion Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, masculine, strong Alternative form of: Blasebalg (extra: (“bellows”), used especially with musical instruments, such as the accordion) Categories (topical): Technology
    Sense id: en-Balg-de-noun-C4qnQw9K Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology
  3. (botany) follicle Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-Balg-de-noun-nUKiya74 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balgen, Blasebalg

Noun

IPA: /balk/, /balç/ Audio: De-Balg.ogg Forms: Balges [genitive], Balgs [genitive], Bälger [plural]
Rhymes: -alk Etymology: From Middle High German balc, from Old High German balg, from Proto-West Germanic *balgi. Words for inflated objects are often used to refer to children; compare western German Panz (“child”), which is related with Pansen (“rumen”). Cognates Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), Dutch balg, English belly, bellows. Compare also Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”), Avestan ⁧𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱⁩ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), Persian ⁧بالش⁩ (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis. Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*bʰelǵʰ-}}, {{dercat|de|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|de|gmh|balc}} Middle High German balc, {{inh|de|goh|balg}} Old High German balg, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*balgi}} Proto-West Germanic *balgi, {{m+|de|Panz|t=child}} German Panz (“child”), {{m|de|Pansen|t=rumen}} Pansen (“rumen”), {{cog|got|𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃||wineskin}} Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), {{cog|nl|balg}} Dutch balg, {{cog|en|belly}} English belly, {{m|en|bellows}} bellows, {{cog|ru|балка||thick plank}} Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”), {{cog|sl|blazina||cushion}} Slovene blazina (“cushion”), {{cog|ae|𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱||cushion, cover}} Avestan ⁧𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱⁩ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), {{cog|fa|بالش||pillow|tr=bâleš}} Persian ⁧بالش⁩ (bâleš, “pillow”), {{cog|hy|բարձ||sc=Armn}} Armenian բարձ (barj), {{cog|prg|balsinis}} Old Prussian balsinis Head templates: {{de-noun|n:m,(e)s,^er}} Balg n or m (strong, genitive Balges or Balgs, plural Bälger)
  1. brat (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child) Tags: masculine, neuter, strong Synonyms: Göre Derived forms: Wechselbalg
    Sense id: en-Balg-de-noun-G8nXz4sc

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*balgi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *balgi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Panz",
        "t": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "German Panz (“child”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Pansen",
        "t": "rumen"
      },
      "expansion": "Pansen (“rumen”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wineskin"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "balg"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch balg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "belly"
      },
      "expansion": "English belly",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bellows"
      },
      "expansion": "bellows",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "балка",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thick plank"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "blazina",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cushion"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene blazina (“cushion”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cushion, cover"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan ⁧𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱⁩ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "بالش",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pillow",
        "tr": "bâleš"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian ⁧بالش⁩ (bâleš, “pillow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "բարձ",
        "3": "",
        "sc": "Armn"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian բարձ (barj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "balsinis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian balsinis",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German balc, from Old High German balg, from Proto-West Germanic *balgi.\nWords for inflated objects are often used to refer to children; compare western German Panz (“child”), which is related with Pansen (“rumen”).\nCognates\nCognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), Dutch balg, English belly, bellows. Compare also Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”), Avestan ⁧𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱⁩ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), Persian ⁧بالش⁩ (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Balges",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balgs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bälge",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balge",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e:e"
      },
      "expansion": "Balg m (strong, genitive Balges or Balgs, plural Bälge or Balge)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Hunting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hunting",
          "hunting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "fox",
          "fox"
        ],
        [
          "hare",
          "hare"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hunting) the hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(“bellows”), used especially with musical instruments, such as the accordion",
          "word": "Blasebalg"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "German short forms",
        "de:Technology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short for Blasebalg (“bellows”), used especially with musical instruments, such as the accordion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "technology",
          "technology"
        ],
        [
          "Blasebalg",
          "Blasebalg#German"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "accordion",
          "accordion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(technology) short for Blasebalg (“bellows”), used especially with musical instruments, such as the accordion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "technology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "follicle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "follicle",
          "follicle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) follicle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/balk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/balç/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Balg.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/De-Balg.ogg/De-Balg.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/De-Balg.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Balg"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:German/alk",
    "Rhymes:German/alk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Wechselbalg"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰelǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "balc"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German balc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "balg"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German balg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*balgi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *balgi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Panz",
        "t": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "German Panz (“child”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Pansen",
        "t": "rumen"
      },
      "expansion": "Pansen (“rumen”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wineskin"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "balg"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch balg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "belly"
      },
      "expansion": "English belly",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bellows"
      },
      "expansion": "bellows",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "балка",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thick plank"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "blazina",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cushion"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene blazina (“cushion”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cushion, cover"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan ⁧𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱⁩ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "بالش",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pillow",
        "tr": "bâleš"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian ⁧بالش⁩ (bâleš, “pillow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "բարձ",
        "3": "",
        "sc": "Armn"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian բարձ (barj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "balsinis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian balsinis",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German balc, from Old High German balg, from Proto-West Germanic *balgi.\nWords for inflated objects are often used to refer to children; compare western German Panz (“child”), which is related with Pansen (“rumen”).\nCognates\nCognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), Dutch balg, English belly, bellows. Compare also Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”), Avestan ⁧𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱⁩ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), Persian ⁧بالش⁩ (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Balges",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balgs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bälger",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n:m,(e)s,^er"
      },
      "expansion": "Balg n or m (strong, genitive Balges or Balgs, plural Bälger)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brat (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brat",
          "brat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Göre"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/balk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/balç/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Balg.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/De-Balg.ogg/De-Balg.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/De-Balg.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Balg"
}

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