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
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
infinitive | blähen | ||||
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present participle | blähend | ||||
past participle | gebläht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich blähe | wir blähen | i | ich blähe | wir blähen |
du blähst | ihr bläht | du blähest | ihr blähet | ||
er bläht | sie blähen | er blähe | sie blähen | ||
preterite | ich blähte | wir blähten | ii | ich blähte1 | wir blähten1 |
du blähtest | ihr blähtet | du blähtest1 | ihr blähtet1 | ||
er blähte | sie blähten | er blähte1 | sie blähten1 | ||
imperative | bläh (du) blähe (du) |
bläht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Related terms
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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