ballen
Catalan
Verb
ballen
- third-person plural present indicative of ballar
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑlə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: bal‧len
- Rhymes: -ɑlən
Etymology 1
Verb
ballen
- (intransitive) to play with a ball
- (transitive) to form into a ball or similar shape; to clasp, clench (into a fist)
- (transitive, vulgar) to fuck
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ballen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ballen | |||
| past singular | balde | |||
| past participle | gebald | |||
| infinitive | ballen | |||
| gerund | ballen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bal | balde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | balt, bal2 | balde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | balt | balde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | balt | balde | ||
| 3rd person singular | balt | balde | ||
| plural | ballen | balden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | balle | balde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | ballen | balden | ||
| imperative sing. | bal | |||
| imperative plur.1 | balt | |||
| participles | ballend | gebald | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- samenballen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ballen
- plural of bal
- as plurale tantum: gutts, courage, audacity
German
Etymology
Either from Old High German or borrowed from Old French bale, or a related term in the Romance family. Probably cognate with English bale, which is itself of similar uncertain etymological derivation.
Pronunciation
Verb
ballen (weak, third-person singular present ballt, past tense ballte, past participle geballt, auxiliary haben)
- to agglomerate
- to bale
- (fist) to clench
- (clouds) to gather
Conjugation
Conjugation of ballen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | ballen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | ballend | ||||
| past participle | geballt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich balle | wir ballen | i | ich balle | wir ballen |
| du ballst | ihr ballt | du ballest | ihr ballet | ||
| er ballt | sie ballen | er balle | sie ballen | ||
| preterite | ich ballte | wir ballten | ii | ich ballte1 | wir ballten1 |
| du balltest | ihr balltet | du balltest1 | ihr balltet1 | ||
| er ballte | sie ballten | er ballte1 | sie ballten1 | ||
| imperative | ball (du) balle (du) |
ballt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of ballen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ballen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ballen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “ballen” in Duden online
- “ballen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Huave
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ballena.
Noun
ballen
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981), Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 85
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpallen/
Verb
ballen
- first-person singular past indicative of ballat
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ballen m
- definite singular of ball
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ballen m
- definite singular of ball
Swedish
Noun
ballen
- definite singular of balle
- (humorous) contraction of balkongen (“the balcony”)
- 2021 April 21, Patrik Isaksson, “patrikisakssonofficial”, in Instagram[2]:
- Sitter på ballen nu å njuter. Hoppas ni har en härlig dag.
- Sitting on the balcony now enjoying. Hope you have a wonderful day.
- 2021 September 21, Kenza Zouiten, “Sitter på ballen med en kall cola”, in Kenzas.se[3]:
- Jag har hittat internet ute på ballen! Inte så stark signalstyrka dock så det går lite segt…
- I found internet out on the balcony! Not so strong signal strength though so it's a bit slow…