"Balken" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbalkn̩/, /ˈbalkən/ Audio: De-Balken.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German balke, from Old High German balko, balcho, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Compare English balk. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|balke}} Middle High German balke, {{inh|de|goh|balko}} Old High German balko, {{m|goh|balcho}} balcho, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*balkō}} Proto-West Germanic *balkō, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*balkô}} Proto-Germanic *balkô, {{cog|en|balk}} English balk Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Balken m (strong, genitive Balkens, plural Balken) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Balkens [genitive], Balken [plural], strong [table-tags], Balken [nominative, singular], Balken [definite, nominative, plural], Balkens [genitive, singular], Balken [definite, genitive, plural], Balken [dative, singular], Balken [dative, definite, plural], Balken [accusative, singular], Balken [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. beam, crossbeam Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Tram
    Sense id: en-Balken-de-noun-UjEik0zi
  2. bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart; informal unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Balken-de-noun-E9xSq6BL Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 45 27 27
  3. (music) beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-Balken-de-noun-gTzgpTyD Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (heraldry) fess Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-Balken-de-noun-nzhMT3i3 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Gebälk, gebalkt
Derived forms: Balkenblase, Balkenbrücke, Balkencode, Balkendecke, Balkendiagramm, Balkengalaxie, Balkenkonstruktion, Balkenlage, Balkentheorie, Balkenwaage, Dachbalken, den Splitter im fremden Auge, aber nicht den Balken im eigenen sehen, Donnerbalken, Fensterbalken, Firstbalken, Ganzbalken, Giebelbalken, Holzbalken, Kehlbalken, Leerbalken, lügen, dass sich die Balken biegen, Ortbalken, Querbalken, Schrägbalken, Schwebebalken, Stichbalken, Stützbalken, Wandbalken, Wasser hat keine Balken, Wasser hat keinen Balken, Wechselbalken

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Balkenblase"
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      "word": "Balkencode"
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    {
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      "word": "Balkendecke"
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      "word": "Balkendiagramm"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Balkengalaxie"
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      "word": "Balkenkonstruktion"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Balkenlage"
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      "word": "Balkentheorie"
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      "word": "Balkenwaage"
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      "word": "Dachbalken"
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      "word": "den Splitter im fremden Auge, aber nicht den Balken im eigenen sehen"
    },
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      "word": "Donnerbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Fensterbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Firstbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ganzbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Giebelbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holzbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Kehlbalken"
    },
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      "word": "Leerbalken"
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      "word": "lügen, dass sich die Balken biegen"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Querbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schrägbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schwebebalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Stichbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Stützbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Wandbalken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Wasser hat keine Balken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Wasser hat keinen Balken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Wechselbalken"
    }
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      "form": "Balkens",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balken",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "Balken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Balken",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "Balken",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Balken",
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        {
          "english": "The roof is supported by four beams.",
          "text": "Das Dach wird von vier Balken gestützt.",
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        }
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I still have four bars of battery.",
          "text": "Ich habe noch vier Balken Akku.",
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        }
      ],
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        "bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart; informal unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone)"
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
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          "orig": "de:Music",
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            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        "(music) beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value)"
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Heraldic charges",
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          "parents": [
            "Heraldry",
            "History",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "fess"
      ],
      "id": "en-Balken-de-noun-nzhMT3i3",
      "links": [
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          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
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          "fess",
          "fess"
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        "(heraldry) fess"
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalkn̩/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalkən/"
    },
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  ],
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}
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    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "Balkenblase"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkenbrücke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkencode"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkendecke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkendiagramm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkengalaxie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkenkonstruktion"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkenlage"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkentheorie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balkenwaage"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dachbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "den Splitter im fremden Auge, aber nicht den Balken im eigenen sehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Donnerbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fensterbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Firstbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ganzbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giebelbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Holzbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kehlbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Leerbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "lügen, dass sich die Balken biegen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ortbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Querbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schrägbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwebebalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stichbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stützbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wandbalken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wasser hat keine Balken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wasser hat keinen Balken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wechselbalken"
    }
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      "form": "Balken",
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      "form": "Balken",
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      "form": "Balken",
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    {
      "form": "Balkens",
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    {
      "form": "Balken",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Balken",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Balken",
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    {
      "form": "Balken",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "Gebälk"
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    {
      "word": "gebalkt"
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        {
          "english": "The roof is supported by four beams.",
          "text": "Das Dach wird von vier Balken gestützt.",
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        }
      ],
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        "beam, crossbeam"
      ],
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          "beam",
          "beam"
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          "crossbeam",
          "crossbeam"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "Tram"
        }
      ],
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I still have four bars of battery.",
          "text": "Ich habe noch vier Balken Akku.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart; informal unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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        "de:Music"
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        "beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value)"
      ],
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          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "beam",
          "beam"
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      ],
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        "(music) beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value)"
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Heraldic charges"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fess"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "fess",
          "fess"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) fess"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalkn̩/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalkən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Balken.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/De-Balken.ogg/De-Balken.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/De-Balken.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Balken"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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