Balg
German, noun/balk/
Balg is spelled B-A-L-G (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balg is a German masculine noun meaning “the hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verzogenes, freches Kind”.
What does Balg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one
- 2
masculineshort for Blasebalg (“bellows”), used especially with musical instruments, such as the accordion
- 3
masculinefollicle
noun
- 1
masculineneuterbrat (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verzogenes, freches Kind 2. (meist ungewolltes, nicht erwünschtes) Kind
noun: 1. Tierhaut mit Fell, beziehungsweise bei Vögeln mit Federn 2. Apparatur zur Veränderung der Brennweite bei alten Fotoapparaten 3. Gerät zur Erzeugung eines Luftstroms
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Balg
- Balges genitive
- Balgs genitive
- Bälge plural
- Balge plural
- Bälgen dative definite plural
- Balgen dative definite plural
- Bälger plural
- Bälgern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Balg?
- /balk/
- /balç/
- [balk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Balg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Balg in German?
Balg appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).