Balken

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German balke, from Old High German balko, balcho, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Compare English balk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbalkn̩/, /ˈbalkən/ Hyphenation: Bal‧ken === Noun === Balken m (strong, genitive Balkens, plural Balken) beam, crossbeam Synonym: (Austria) Tram Das Dach wird von vier Balken gestützt. ― The roof is supported by four beams. 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) Ich habe noch vier Balken Akku. ― I still have four bars of battery. (music) beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value) (heraldry) fess ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: balka → Slovincian: balka === Further reading === “Balken” in Duden online “Balken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Balken on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de