Balz
German, noun/balt͡s/
Balz is spelled B-A-L-Z (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balz is a German feminine noun meaning “courtship display” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorspiel bei der Paarung von Tieren (Vögel, Fische); die Verhaltensweisen vor der Begattung”.
What does Balz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecourtship display
- 2
femininemating season
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorspiel bei der Paarung von Tieren (Vögel, Fische); die Verhaltensweisen vor der Begattung 2. die Zeit der Paarung (bei Tieren)
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 Balz
- Balzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Balz?
- /balt͡s/
- [balt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Balz in German?
Balz 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).