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der Ballon

like der Schnee

Is it der, die or das Ballon?

It's der Ballon. Plural: die Ballons.

Meaning
balloon
Gender
masculine
Level
B1 · Leisure
Riddle
In the app with Pro

No rule for this one

Most German nouns don't show their article. Ballon is one to learn by heart, which is what the picture in its world is for.

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Ballon in other languages

Czech
balón
Slovak
balón
Hungarian
léggömb
Slovenian
balon
Italian
palloncino
Croatian
balon
Bosnian
balon
Serbian
balon
Romanian
balon
Polish
balon
Ukrainian
повітряна кулька
Turkish
balon
Arabic
بالون
Persian
بادکنک
Dari (Afghanistan)
پوقانه
Pashto (Afghanistan)
پوکڼی

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