ballern
German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
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 edit
infinitive | ballern | ||||
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present participle | ballernd | ||||
past participle | geballert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ballre ich ballere ich baller |
wir ballern | i | ich ballere ich ballre |
wir ballern |
du ballerst | ihr ballert | du ballerest du ballrest |
ihr balleret ihr ballret | ||
er ballert | sie ballern | er ballere er ballre |
sie ballern | ||
preterite | ich ballerte | wir ballerten | ii | ich ballerte1 | wir ballerten1 |
du ballertest | ihr ballertet | du ballertest1 | ihr ballertet1 | ||
er ballerte | sie ballerten | er ballerte1 | sie ballerten1 | ||
imperative | ballre (du) baller (du) ballere (du) |
ballert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ballern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ballern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.