Ballon

See also: ballon

German

Etymology

From French ballon, from Italian pallone (“balloon”, literally “large ball”), augmentative of palla (“ball”), which has the same Proto-Germanic root of Ball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlɔŋ/

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    (Germany (Berlin))

• IPA^(key): /baˈlɔ̃ː/ (Frenchified, rare)
• IPA^(key): /baˈloːn/, [b̥a-] (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ, -ɔ̃ː, (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) -oːn
• Hyphenation: Bal‧lon

Noun

Ballon m (strong, genitive Ballons, plural Ballons or Ballone)

1. balloon

   Hyponyms: Fesselballon, Forschungsballon, Freiballon, Gärballon, Gasballon, Hebeballon, Heißluftballon, Heliumballon, Luftballon, Partyballon, Solarballon, Sperrballon, Spionageballon, Versuchsballon, Wasserstoffballon, Wetterballon

Declension

Declension of Ballon [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ballon	die	Ballons, Ballone
genitive	eines	des	Ballons	der	Ballons, Ballone
dative	einem	dem	Ballon	den	Ballons, Ballonen
accusative	einen	den	Ballon	die	Ballons, Ballone

Coordinate terms

• Montgolfiere
• Kong-Ming-Laterne

Derived terms

• ballonartig

Hxponyms

• Fesselballon
• Forschungsballon
• Freiballon
• Gärballon
• Gasballon
• Hebeballon
• Heißluftballon
• Heliumballon
• Höhenballon
• Luftballon
• Partyballon
• Solarballon
• Sperrballon
• Spionageballon
• Überwachungsballon
• Versuchsballon
• Wasserstoffballon
• Wetterballon

Related terms

• Ballonärmel
• Ballonbombe
• Ballongas
• Ballonmesswert
• Ballonpost
• Ballonrakete
• Ballonsatellit
• Ballonseide
• Ballonwettbewerb

Further reading

• “Ballon” in Duden online
• “Ballon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache