Fesselballon
German, noun[ˈfɛsl̩baˌlɔŋ]
Fesselballon is spelled F-E-S-S-E-L-B-A-L-L-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fesselballon is a German masculine noun meaning “tethered balloon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit dem Erdboden durch ein Drahtseil verbundener Ballon, der zu wissenschaftlichen oder militärischen…”.
What does Fesselballon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetethered balloon
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mit dem Erdboden durch ein Drahtseil verbundener Ballon, der zu wissenschaftlichen oder militärischen Erkundungen genutzt wird
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 Fesselballon
- Fesselballones genitive
- Fesselballons genitive
- Fesselballone plural
- Fesselballonen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fesselballon?
- [ˈfɛsl̩baˌlɔŋ]
- [ˈfɛsl̩baˌloːn]
- [ˈfɛsl̩baˌlõ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Fesselballon in German?
Fesselballon appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).