Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
- (informal, masculine, strong) pass, play
Concepts
Synonyms
Tanzveranstaltung
Tanzfest
Tanzerei
Abschlussball
Tanzabend
Kegelkugel
Ape
runde Sache
rundes Wollknäuel
Promenadenkonzert
Schulball
Prom
Böle
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
balle
Basel-Landschaft
bloosch
Basel-Landschaft
schuttballe
Basel-Landschaft
baal
Basel-Landschaft
danzede
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bal/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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