Ball
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Multiple theories and origins.
- From a short form of the Middle English given name Baldwin.
- A toponymic surname for a person that lives near a knoll or rounded hill (i.e. somewhere shaped like a ball).
- From the Old Norse given name Balle.
- A habitational surname for a person from Ball, Cornwall, from Cornish Pelen.
Proper noun
[edit]Ball
- An English surname.
- A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073).
Derived terms
[edit]Central Franconian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ball m (plural Balle or Bäll, diminutive Bällche)
- (most dialects) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ball f or m (plural Balls)
Usage notes
[edit]- The plural, Balls, is only used in western Ripuarian and the Limburgan-Ripuarian Transitional Dialects. The other dialects do not have a (known) plural. There is also no known diminutive.
- The feminine form is used in westernmost Ripuarian and the Limburgan-Ripuarian Transitional Dialects, the masculine form is used in most other dialects.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German bal, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Cognates include English ball, Dutch bal, Danish bold, Swedish boll, Icelandic böllur, and Norwegian ball.
Noun
[edit]Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle, diminutive Bällchen n)
- ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
- Können wir uns deinen Ball ausleihen? ― Can we borrow your ball?
- Er formte einen Ball aus Papier. ― He shaped the paper into a ball.
- (ball games, informal) pass, play
Usage notes
[edit]- The German words Kugel and Ball are usually distinguished inasmuch as the former refers to solid balls (such as those used for billiards or bowling) while the latter refers to air-filled or elastic balls (such as tennis or footballs/soccer balls). This distinction may be neglected colloquially or jokingly.
Declension
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Slovincian: bal
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Slovincian: bal
Further reading
[edit]- “Ball” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ball” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ball (Sport- und Spielgerät)” in Duden online
- “Ball (Tanzveranstaltung)” in Duden online
- Ball on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Limburgish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Frankish *ball, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ball m (plural Bäll, diminutive Bälltje) (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)
- ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games)
- (informal) testicle, nut
- (anatomy) ball (of the hand or foot)
- (chiefly in the negative) anything
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- bal (most dialects)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ball m (plural Bäll, diminutive Bälltje) (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German bal, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ball m (plural Bäll)
- ball (round object for playing sports)
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Cornish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Towns in Louisiana, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Louisiana, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in Cornwall, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Cornwall, England
- en:Places in England
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian nouns
- Central Franconian masculine nouns
- Central Franconian terms derived from Latin
- Central Franconian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Central Franconian terms borrowed from French
- Central Franconian terms derived from French
- Central Franconian feminine nouns
- Central Franconian nouns with multiple genders
- gmw-cfr:Dance
- gmw-cfr:Sports
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/al
- Rhymes:German/al/1 syllable
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German terms with usage examples
- de:Ball games
- German informal terms
- German terms borrowed from French
- German terms derived from French
- de:Dance
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Limburgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰoln-
- Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Frankish
- Limburgish terms derived from Frankish
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Limburgish/al
- Rhymes:Limburgish/al/1 syllable
- Limburgish lemmas
- Limburgish nouns
- Limburgish masculine nouns
- Limburgish German-based spelling forms
- Eupen Limburgish
- li:Sports
- Limburgish informal terms
- li:Anatomy
- Limburgish negative polarity items
- Limburgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-
- Limburgish terms derived from Old French
- Limburgish terms derived from Late Latin
- Limburgish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Limburgish terms borrowed from French
- Limburgish terms derived from French
- li:Dance
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑl
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑl/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns