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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.
Pronunciation
Verb
ballern (weak, third-person singular present ballert, past tense ballerte, past participle geballert, auxiliary haben)
- to bang (make a loud, dull sound)
- (colloquial) to shoot, particularly: to be trigger-happy
- (soccer) to hammer (shoot hard)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Ballerei
- Ballerer
- Ballermann
- Ballern
- Geballer
- verballern
Further reading
- “ballern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ballern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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