Balken
See also: balken
German
Etymology
From Old High German balko, balcho, from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Compare English balk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbalkən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Bal‧ken
Noun
Balken m (genitive Balkens, plural Balken)
- beam, crossbeam
- Das Dach wird von vier Balken gestützt.
- The roof is supported by four beams.
- bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart; informal unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone)
- Ich habe noch vier Balken Akku.
- I still have four bars of battery.
- (music) beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value)
- (heraldry) fess
Declension
Declension of Balken
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Balken | die | Balken |
| genitive | eines | des | Balkens | der | Balken |
| dative | einem | dem | Balken | den | Balken |
| accusative | einen | den | Balken | die | Balken |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Balkenblase
- Balkenbrücke
- Balkencode
- Balkendecke
- Balkendiagramm
- Balkengalaxie
- Balkenkonstruktion
- Balkenlage
- Balkentheorie
- Balkenwaage
- Dachbalken
- den Splitter im fremden Auge, aber nicht den Balken im eigenen sehen
- Donnerbalken
- Fensterbalken
- Firstbalken
- Ganzbalken
- Giebelbalken
- Holzbalken
- Kehlbalken
- Leerbalken
- lügen, dass sich die Balken biegen
- Ortbalken
- Querbalken
- Schrägbalken
- Schwebebalken
- Stichbalken
- Stützbalken
- Wandbalken
- Wasser hat keine Balken / Wasser hat keinen Balken
- Wechselbalken
Related terms
- Gebälk
- gebalkt
Further reading
- Balken in Duden online
