Luftballon
German, noun/ˈlʊftbaˌlɔŋ/
Luftballon is spelled L-U-F-T-B-A-L-L-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luftballon is a German masculine noun meaning “balloon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hülle aus Gummi, die mit Luft oder Helium aufgeblasen werden kann, oft in Form eines bunten, meist runden…”.
What does Luftballon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineballoon
- 2
datedmasculinethe constellation Globus aerostaticus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hülle aus Gummi, die mit Luft oder Helium aufgeblasen werden kann, oft in Form eines bunten, meist runden Kinderspielzeugs an einem Faden oder Draht
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 Luftballon
- Luftballons genitive
- Luftballone plural
- Luftballonen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Luftballon?
- /ˈlʊftbaˌlɔŋ/
- [ˈlʊftbaˌlɔŋ]
- [ˈlʊftbaˌloːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Luftballon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Luftballon in German?
Luftballon appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).