balkon

See also: Balkon, balkón, and balkōn

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Danish

Etymology

From French balcon, from Italian balcone (“balcony”), from Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”), from Lombardic *balk, balko (“beam”) from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (“beam, pile, prop”). Doublet of bjælke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balkɔnɡ/, [b̥alˈkʰʌŋ]

Noun

balkon c (singular definite balkonen, plural indefinite balkoner)

1. (architecture) balcony

Inflection

Declension of balkon

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	balkon	balkonen	balkoner	balkonerne
genitive	balkons	balkonens	balkoners	balkonernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA^(key): /bɑlˈkɔn/

Noun

balkon n (plural balkons, diminutive balkonnetje n)

1. (architecture) balcony

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Hungarian

balkon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlkon]
• Hyphenation: bal‧kon

Noun

balkon (plural balkonok)

1. (architecture) balcony

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	balkon	balkonok
accusative	balkont	balkonokat
dative	balkonnak	balkonoknak
instrumental	balkonnal	balkonokkal
causal-final	balkonért	balkonokért
translative	balkonná	balkonokká
terminative	balkonig	balkonokig
essive-formal	balkonként	balkonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	balkonban	balkonokban
superessive	balkonon	balkonokon
adessive	balkonnál	balkonoknál
illative	balkonba	balkonokba
sublative	balkonra	balkonokra
allative	balkonhoz	balkonokhoz
elative	balkonból	balkonokból
delative	balkonról	balkonokról
ablative	balkontól	balkonoktól

Possessive forms of balkon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	balkonom	balkonjaim
2nd person sing.	balkonod	balkonjaid
3rd person sing.	balkonja	balkonjai
1st person plural	balkonunk	balkonjaink
2nd person plural	balkonotok	balkonjaitok
3rd person plural	balkonjuk	balkonjaik

Synonyms

• erkély

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Polish

balkon w Gdańsku

Etymology

From French balcon, from Italian balcone, from Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”), from Lombardic balko, Old High German *balkon- (“beam”) from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (“beam, pile, prop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.kɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

balkon m inan

1. (architecture) balcony

Declension

declension of balkon

	singular	plural
nominative	balkon	balkony
genitive	balkonu	balkonów
dative	balkonowi	balkonom
accusative	balkon	balkony
instrumental	balkonem	balkonami
locative	balkonie	balkonach
vocative	balkonie	balkony

Further reading

• balkon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian balcone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎlkoːn/
• Hyphenation: bal‧kon

Noun

bàlkōn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀лко̄н)

1. (architecture) balcony

Declension

Declension of balkon

	singular	plural
nominative	bàlkōn	balkoni
genitive	balkóna	balkona
dative	balkonu	balkonima
accusative	balkon	balkone
vocative	balkone	balkoni
locative	balkonu	balkonima
instrumental	balkonom	balkonima