blaffen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblɑfə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: blaf‧fen
  • Rhymes: -ɑfən

Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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blaffen

  1. (intransitive) to bark, like a canine and certain others species
  2. (intransitive) to shout rudely etc.
  3. (intransitive) to grumble, notably said of a hungry stomach
  4. (intransitive) to utter pointless sounds, e.g. protest or argue in vain
Conjugation
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Conjugation of blaffen (weak)
infinitive blaffen
past singular blafte
past participle geblaft
infinitive blaffen
gerund blaffen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blaf blafte
2nd person sing. (jij) blaft, blaf2 blafte
2nd person sing. (u) blaft blafte
2nd person sing. (gij) blaft blafte
3rd person singular blaft blafte
plural blaffen blaften
subjunctive sing.1 blaffe blafte
subjunctive plur.1 blaffen blaften
imperative sing. blaf
imperative plur.1 blaft
participles blaffend geblaft
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: blaf
  • Negerhollands: baf
  • English: blaff
  • Papiamentu: blaf

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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blaffen

  1. plural of blaf

German

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Etymology

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Ultimately onomatopoeic. Attested 15th century in the sense “to wail with pain”, compare also Alemannic German blaffe (to chatter). The sense “to bark” is more northern, possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch blaffen (1350), whence also obsolete English blaff. Compare bellen, kläffen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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blaffen (weak, third-person singular present blafft, past tense blaffte, past participle geblafft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bark briefly
  2. to speak or shout in an aggressive, rude manner

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