ballern
German, verb
ballern is spelled B-A-L-L-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 33,501st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballern is a German verb meaning “to bang (make a loud, dull sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ballern is a different word: “gerund of ballern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “laute, krachende Geräusche machen”.
What does ballern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bang (make a loud, dull sound)
- 2
colloquialto shoot, particularly: to be trigger-happy
- 3
to hammer (shoot hard)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ballern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. laute, krachende Geräusche machen 2. etwas laut (gegen etwas) werfen, schießen 3. laut mit einer Waffe schießen 4. jemanden schlagen
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 ballern
- ballert present singular third-person
- ballerte past
- geballert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ballernd participle present
- ballre first-person indicative present
- ballere first-person indicative present
- baller first-person indicative present
- ballerst indicative present second-person
- ballerest second-person singular subjunctive
- ballrest second-person singular subjunctive
- balleret plural second-person subjunctive
- ballret plural second-person subjunctive
- ballerten first-person indicative plural
- ballertest indicative preterite second-person
- ballertet indicative plural preterite
- ballere! imperative singular
- baller! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ballern in German?
ballern appears 1.3 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).