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ballern

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German

Etymology

From Late Middle High German bollern, from Middle Low German balderen, (with Low German -ld--ll-). Compare Dutch bolderen and bulderen. However, independent onomatopoeia is equally possible. The football sense via “to shoot” and through secondary association with Ball (ball). See also Bollerwagen.

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Verb

ballern (weak, third-person singular present ballert, past tense ballerte, past participle geballert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bang (make a loud, dull sound)
  2. (colloquial) to shoot, particularly: to be trigger-happy
  3. (soccer) to hammer (shoot hard)

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