Ballon

See also: ballon

German

Etymology

From French ballon, which comes from Italian pallone (“large ball”). This Italian word is an enlargement of palla (“ball”), which has Germanic roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈlɔŋ], in South German IPA^(key): [baˈloːn], (rarely Frenchified) as IPA^(key): [baˈlõ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔŋ, -oːn, -õ

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

Hypernyms

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

 

Related terms

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

 

See also

• Montgolfiere
• Kong-Ming-Laterne

Further reading

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