Bluff

See also: bluff

English

Proper noun

Bluff

1. The southernmost town in the South Island of New Zealand, and seaport for the Southland region.

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German

Etymology

From English bluff, perhaps from Dutch bluffen, which is related with German verblüffen. Bluff may be the only word in which the representation of English /ʌ/ by German /œ/, which was formerly common (as it still is in French), has remained to this day. In other borrowings, /ʌ/ is represented by German /a/, or the spelling pronunciation /ʊ/ is used.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blœf/

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Noun

Bluff m (genitive Bluffs, plural Bluffs)

1. bluff

Related terms

• bluffen

Further reading

• “Bluff” in Duden online