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Balken.

beam, crossbeam

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbalkn̩//ˈbalkən/
  1. beam, crossbeam

    masculine · strong
    Das Dach wird von vier Balken gestützt.
  2. bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart; informal unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone)

    masculine · strong
    Ich habe noch vier Balken Akku.
  3. beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value)

    masculine · strong
  4. fess

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German balke, from Old High German balko, balcho, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Compare English balk.

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