Polyglot Dictionary

Ballast

/ˈbalast/

der noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. ballast, burden

    • Wir müssen unnötigen Ballast abwerfen.

      We have to shed unnecessary ballast.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does Ballast mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir müssen unnötigen ___ abwerfen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ballast?

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