how to pronounce balken

/ˈbalkn̩/

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balken is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of balken in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… sie balken die ihn ungefähr die …”

meanings of balken

noun:

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).
Beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value).
Beam, crossbeam.
Fess.

balken frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word balken occurs in german on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.