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Balaton

Balaton

English

Proper noun

Balaton

  1. A freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
    • 1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, 285:
      The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.

Translations


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒlɒton]
  • Hyphenation: Ba‧la‧ton

Proper noun

Balaton

  1. Balaton (a freshwater lake in Hungary)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Balaton
accusative Balatont
dative Balatonnak
instrumental Balatonnal
causal-final Balatonért
translative Balatonná
terminative Balatonig
essive-formal Balatonként
essive-modal
inessive Balatonban
superessive Balatonon
adessive Balatonnál
illative Balatonba
sublative Balatonra
allative Balatonhoz
elative Balatonból
delative Balatonról
ablative Balatontól
Possessive forms of Balaton
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Balatonom
2nd person sing. Balatonod
3rd person sing. Balatonja
1st person plural Balatonunk
2nd person plural Balatonotok
3rd person plural Balatonjuk

Derived terms