Balkon

From French balcon, from Italian balcone, from Lombardic *balk, balko, from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”); thus a doublet of German Balken (“beam”).

• IPA^(key): /balˈkɔŋ/, /balˈkɔ̃ː/ (chiefly northern and central Germany)
• IPA^(key): /balˈkoːn/ (chiefly southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

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Balkon m (genitive Balkons, plural Balkons or Balkone)

1. (architecture) balcony (an accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window or overlooking a stage)

The plural Balkons goes along with the northern pronunciation of the word; the plural Balkone goes with the southern one. Some northern speakers use the form Balkone and change the pronunciation of the second syllable accordingly in the plural.

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• Blk. (abbreviation in advertisements)

• Balkonien

• Loggia

• Balkon in Duden online