Balken
German, noun/ˈbalkn̩/
Balken is spelled B-A-L-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balken is a German masculine noun meaning “beam, crossbeam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Pfosten mit vier Kanten, meist mit stützender oder tragender Funktion”.
What does Balken mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeam, crossbeam
Das Dach wird von vier Balken gestützt.
- 2
masculinebar (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.
- 3
masculinebeam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value)
- 4
masculinefess
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Pfosten mit vier Kanten, meist mit stützender oder tragender Funktion 2. dicker Strich, Streifen, Strich, der zwei oder mehrere Notenhälse von Achtelnoten verbindet 3. faserartige Verbindung der beiden Hemisphären des Gehirns 4. kurz für Schwebebalken
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 Balken
- Balkens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Balken?
- /ˈbalkn̩/
- /ˈbalkən/
- [ˈbalkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Balken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Balken in German?
Balken appears 6.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).