balgen
[ˈbalɡn̩]
The verdict
“balgen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich spielerisch raufen, herumtollen und sich häufig dabei auf dem Boden herumwälzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-balgen · balgen · German
balgen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbalɡn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „balgen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
balgen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbalɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich spielerisch raufen, herumtollen und sich häufig dabei auf dem Boden herumwälzen".
balgen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is balgen, spelled B-A-L-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich spielerisch raufen, herumtollen und sich häufig dabei auf dem Boden herumwälzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how balgen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder balgten sich auf dem Spielplatz.
Die beiden Jungen haben sich um das Spielzeug gebalgt.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.