blähen

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛːən/, [ˈblɛː.ən], [ˈbleː.ən], [-n̩]
  • Hyphenation: blä‧hen
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Verb[edit]

blähen (weak, third-person singular present bläht, past tense blähte, past participle gebläht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (dated, transitive or reflexive) Synonym of aufblähen (to inflate, puff up, balloon)
  2. (intransitive, of a food) to cause flatulation

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