Polyglot Dictionary

Ballon

/baˈlɔŋ/

der noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Ballons

Meaning

  1. balloon

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Luftballon

Luftballon specifically means the small inflatable party balloon; Ballon is more general and can also mean a hot air balloon or a large glass flask.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

globo

globo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "balloon."

Portuguese

balão

balão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "balloon."

Practice

1 What does Ballon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ stieg auf.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ballon?

noun

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