Versuchsballon
German, noun[fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsbaˌlɔŋ]
Versuchsballon is spelled V-E-R-S-U-C-H-S-B-A-L-L-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versuchsballon is a German masculine noun meaning “trial balloon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Ballon zur Untersuchung der Atmosphäre”.
What does Versuchsballon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrial balloon
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Ballon zur Untersuchung der Atmosphäre 2. ein Vorstoß zur Gewinnung ersten Aufschlusses
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 Versuchsballon
- Versuchsballons genitive
- Versuchsballone plural
- Versuchsballonen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Versuchsballon?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsbaˌlɔŋ]
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsbaˌloːn]
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsbaˌlɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Versuchsballon in German?
Versuchsballon appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).