"Ball" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /bal/ Audio: De-Ball.ogg , De-Ball2.ogg
Rhymes: -al Etymology: From Middle High German and Old High German bal, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz. Cognates include English ball, Dutch bal, Danish bold, Swedish boll, Icelandic böllur, and Norwegian ball. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:inh|gmh:bal<id:ball><ety:inh<goh:bal<id:ball><ety:inh<gmw-pro:balluz<id:ball><ety:inh<gem-pro:*balluz<id:ball>>>>>>>|id=toy}}, {{inh|de|gmh|-}} Middle High German, {{inh|de|goh|bal}} Old High German bal, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*ballu}} Proto-West Germanic *ballu, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*balluz}} Proto-Germanic *balluz, {{cog|en|ball}} English ball, {{cog|nl|bal}} Dutch bal, {{cog|da|bold}} Danish bold, {{cog|sv|boll}} Swedish boll, {{cog|is|böllur}} Icelandic böllur, {{cog|no|ball}} Norwegian ball Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e|dim=^chen}} Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle, diminutive Bällchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Balles [genitive], Balls [genitive], Bälle [plural], Bällchen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Ball [nominative, singular], Bälle [definite, nominative, plural], Balles [genitive, singular], Balls [genitive, singular], Bälle [definite, genitive, plural], Ball [dative, singular], Balle [dative, singular], Bällen [dative, definite, plural], Ball [accusative, singular], Bälle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games) Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: am Ball bleiben, den Ball flach halten
    Sense id: en-Ball-de-noun-jo8Vdspd Related terms: ballförmig, Basketball, Korbball, Feuerball, Fußball, Handball, Kopfball, Schmetterball, Schneeball, Tennisball, Tischtennisball, Völkerball, Wasserball
  2. (ball games, informal) pass, play Tags: informal, masculine, strong Synonyms: Pass, Spielzug
    Sense id: en-Ball-de-noun-OWv9RRs6 Categories (other): Ball games, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 22 49 30 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bal/ Audio: De-Ball.ogg , De-Ball2.ogg
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Borrowed from French bal. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:bor|fr:bal<id:ball>|id=dance}}, {{bor+|de|fr|bal}} Borrowed from French bal Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Balles [genitive], Balls [genitive], Bälle [plural], strong [table-tags], Ball [nominative, singular], Bälle [definite, nominative, plural], Balles [genitive, singular], Balls [genitive, singular], Bälle [definite, genitive, plural], Ball [dative, singular], Balle [dative, singular], Bällen [dative, definite, plural], Ball [accusative, singular], Bälle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (dance) ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US) Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Tanzball Derived forms: Ballsaal Related terms: Fastnachtsball, Feuerwehrball, Karnevalsball, Kostümball, Maskenball, Sportlerball
    Sense id: en-Ball-de-noun-je5mu4PR Categories (other): Dance Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Slovincian",
      "lang_code": "zlw-slv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "bal"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "Old High German bal",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*balluz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *balluz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "English ball",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "bal"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch bal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "bold"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish bold",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "boll"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish boll",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "böllur"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic böllur",
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      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian ball",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bälle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bällchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bälle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bällen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bälle",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "dim": "^chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle, diminutive Bällchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "am Ball bleiben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "den Ball flach halten"
        }
      ],
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        {
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            [
              22,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Can we borrow your ball?",
          "text": "Können wir uns deinen Ball ausleihen?",
          "translation": "Can we borrow your ball?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He shaped the paper into a ball.",
          "text": "Er formte einen Ball aus Papier.",
          "translation": "He shaped the paper into a ball.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ball-de-noun-jo8Vdspd",
      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "ballförmig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Basketball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Korbball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Feuerball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Fußball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Handball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Kopfball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Schmetterball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Schneeball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Tennisball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Tischtennisball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Völkerball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "Wasserball"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Ball games",
          "orig": "de:Ball games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 49 30",
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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            [
              10,
              14
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a great ball into the box",
          "text": "ein guter Ball in den Strafraum",
          "translation": "a great ball into the box",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Die Bälle müssten öfter über links kommen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pass, play"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ball-de-noun-OWv9RRs6",
      "links": [
        [
          "ball game",
          "ball game"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ball games, informal) pass, play"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Pass"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spielzug"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/bal/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ball"
}

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      "word": "bal"
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from French bal",
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French bal.",
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      "form": "Balles",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Balls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bälle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "Balls",
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        "genitive",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ball",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Balle",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Bällen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ball",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "Bälle",
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        "plural"
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    }
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Dance",
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        }
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      "derived": [
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          "word": "Ballsaal"
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      ],
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        "ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US)"
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          "dance#Noun"
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "prom",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(dance) ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Fastnachtsball"
        },
        {
          "word": "Feuerwehrball"
        },
        {
          "word": "Karnevalsball"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kostümball"
        },
        {
          "word": "Maskenball"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sportlerball"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Tanzball"
        }
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
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        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
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  ],
  "word": "Ball"
}
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    "German terms derived from Old High German",
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    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (blow)",
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      "word": "am Ball bleiben"
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      "word": "den Ball flach halten"
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    {
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      "expansion": "English ball",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "nl",
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      "expansion": "Dutch bal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      "expansion": "Danish bold",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "boll"
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      "expansion": "Swedish boll",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "böllur"
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      "word": "ballförmig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Basketball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Korbball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Feuerball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fußball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Handball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kopfball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schmetterball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schneeball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tennisball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tischtennisball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Völkerball"
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    {
      "word": "Wasserball"
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          "word": "Pass"
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          "word": "Spielzug"
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      "word": "Fastnachtsball"
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    {
      "word": "Feuerwehrball"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karnevalsball"
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    {
      "word": "Kostümball"
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      "word": "Maskenball"
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      "word": "Sportlerball"
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}

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