Masculine

Ball

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
  2. (informal, masculine, strong) pass, play

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

balle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bloosch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schuttballe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

baal

Basel-Landschaft

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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