dämpfen

See also: dampfen, Dämpfen, and abdämpfen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dempfen, Old High German dempfen, from Proto-Germanic *dampijaną (“to dampen, make damp”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛmpfən/, [ˈdɛmpfn̩]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: dämp‧fen

Verb

dämpfen (weak, third-person singular present dämpft, past tense dämpfte, past participle gedämpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to damp (to put out, as fire)
  2. to damp (to attenuate or deaden, as vibrations)

Conjugation

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Descendants
  • Serbo-Croatian: demfati

Further reading
  • “dämpfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “dämpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “dämpfen” in Duden online
  • “dämpfen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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