Meaning

  1. soon (near in time)
  2. almost (of a changing value that is predicted to reach said number soon)
  3. (repeated) indicates a rapid alternation of states; now ..., now ...; sometimes ..., sometimes ...

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

bald

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glyy

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glyych

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/balt/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Dutch boud, English bold.

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