Balkon

Borrowed from French balcon, from Italian balcone. Doublet of Balken.

• IPA^(key): /balˈkɔŋ/ (northern and central Germany), /balˈkɔ̃/, /balˈkɔn/ (rare or high register)
• IPA^(key): /balˈkoːn/ (southern Germany, Austria, high register in Switzerland), /ˈbalkɔn/ (usual in Switzerland)

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Balkon m (strong, genitive Balkons, plural Balkone or Balkons)

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

• The plural Balkone is always pronounced /balˈkoːnə/. Accordingly, only this plural is used by speakers who say /balˈkoːn/ in the singular. Other speakers sometimes switch to the same pronunciation in the plural. Otherwise they use the plural Balkons (pronounced like the respective singular form + /s/).

• Blk. (abbreviation in advertisements)

• Balkonien

• Loggia, Söller, Terrasse

• “Balkon” in Duden online
• “Balkon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache