blähen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German blæjen, from Old High German blāen, from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną. Cognate with obsolete Dutch blaaien, English blow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛːən/, [ˈblɛː.ən], [ˈbleː.ən], [-n̩]
- Hyphenation: blä‧hen
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Verb
blähen (weak, third-person singular present bläht, past tense blähte, past participle gebläht, auxiliary haben)
- (dated, transitive or reflexive) Synonym of aufblähen (“to inflate, puff up, balloon”)
- (intransitive, of a food) to cause flatulation
Conjugation
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Related terms
- Blähbauch
- blasen
Further reading
- “blähen” in Duden online
- “blähen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “blähen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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