Polyglot Dictionary

Ball

/bal/

der noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Bälle

Meaning

  1. ball

    • Der Hund fängt den Ball.

      The dog catches the ball.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

boule

boule is the French word for the same thing — both mean "ball."

Portuguese

bola

bola is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ball."

Practice

1 What does Ball mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Hund fängt den ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ball?

See also

nouncore-vocabulary

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