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Ballerina

German, noun/baləˈʁiːna/

Ballerina is spelled B-A-L-L-E-R-I-N-A (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballerina is a German feminine noun meaning “ballerina (a female ballet dancer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliche Person, die in einem Ballett tanzt”.

What does Ballerina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineballerina (a female ballet dancer)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineballet flat (type of women's shoe similar to a ballet shoe)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. weibliche Person, die in einem Ballett tanzt

noun: 1. ballerinaartiger Damenschuh

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 Ballerina

  • Ballerinen plural
  • Ballerinas genitive
  • Ballerine variant
  • Ballerino masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Ballerina?

  • /baləˈʁiːna/
  • [baləˈʁiːna]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Ballerina

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Ballerina in German?

Ballerina appears 1.1 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).

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