palästern

Bavarian

Etymology

From Paläster (“bat”) +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

• (Vienna) IPA^(key): /paˈlɛstaːn/
• Hyphenation: pa‧läs‧tern

Verb

palästern

1. (Vienna, baseball, softball) to bat
2. (Vienna, soccer) to play football
   • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:

     Zwischen d'Bam palästern a påår Lackeln,
     g'schrian uns söig mit an Fetzenbålln

     Between the trees a few men play football,
     they're calling us, happy with a ball of scraps

References

• Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “balę́ssdaʳn”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT