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},
{
"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",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,(e)s,^e"
},
"expansion": "Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,(e)s,^e"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Fastnachtsball"
},
{
"word": "Feuerwehrball"
},
{
"word": "Karnevalsball"
},
{
"word": "Kostümball"
},
{
"word": "Maskenball"
},
{
"word": "Sportlerball"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"de:Dance"
],
"glosses": [
"ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US)"
],
"links": [
[
"dance",
"dance#Noun"
],
[
"ball",
"ball"
],
[
"prom",
"prom"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dance) ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Tanzball"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"dance",
"dancing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bal/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-al"
},
{
"audio": "De-Ball.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/De-Ball.ogg/De-Ball.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/De-Ball.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "Ball"
}
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