"Ballen" meaning in German

See Ballen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbalən/ Audio: De-Ballen.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German balle, from Old High German ballo, ultimately from the root of Ball. Cognate with Dutch baal, English bale, French balle. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|balle}} Middle High German balle, {{inh|de|goh|ballo}} Old High German ballo, {{cog|nl|baal}} Dutch baal, {{cog|en|bale}} English bale, {{cog|fr|balle}} French balle Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Ballen m (strong, genitive Ballens, plural Ballen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Ballens [genitive], Ballen [plural], strong [table-tags], Ballen [nominative, singular], Ballen [definite, nominative, plural], Ballens [genitive, singular], Ballen [definite, genitive, plural], Ballen [dative, singular], Ballen [dative, definite, plural], Ballen [accusative, singular], Ballen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. bale Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Ballen-de-noun-VtkREjMo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 30 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 16 7
  2. (anatomy, of a hand or foot) ball, pad Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Ballen-de-noun-LVTRjAVr Categories (other): Anatomy, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 37 51 12 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈbalən/ Audio: De-Ballen.ogg Forms: Ballens [genitive], neuter strong [table-tags], Ballen [nominative, singular], Ballens [genitive, singular], Ballen [dative, singular], Ballen [accusative, singular]
Etymology: From Middle High German balle, from Old High German ballo, ultimately from the root of Ball. Cognate with Dutch baal, English bale, French balle. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|balle}} Middle High German balle, {{inh|de|goh|ballo}} Old High German ballo, {{cog|nl|baal}} Dutch baal, {{cog|en|bale}} English bale, {{cog|fr|balle}} French balle Head templates: {{de-noun|n.sg}} Ballen n (strong, genitive Ballens, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n.sg}}
  1. gerund of ballen Tags: form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong Form of: ballen
    Sense id: en-Ballen-de-noun-QLjf03Lq

Inflected forms

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