blaffen
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Verb
blaffen
- (intransitive) to bark, like a canine and certain others species
- (intransitive) to shout rudely etc.
- (intransitive) to grumble, notably said of a hungry stomach
- (intransitive) to utter pointless sounds, e.g. protest or argue in vain
Inflection
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
Derived terms
- aanblaffen
- afblaffen
- beblaffen
- blaf
- blaffer
- blafhoest
- blafkaak
- blafs
- geblaf
- nablaffen
- tegenblaffen
- toeblaffen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: blaf
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
blaffen
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of blaf
German
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Middle Dutch blaffen, which has the earliest attestations. Compare modern Dutch blaffen. Ultimately pertaining to bellen.
Pronunciation
Verb
- to bark briefly
- to speak or shout in an aggressive, rude manner
Conjugation
Derived terms
Categories:
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑfən
- Dutch onomatopoeias
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch verbs
- Dutch intransitive verbs
- Dutch weak verbs
- Dutch basic verbs
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch noun plural forms
- Dutch noun forms
- nl:Dogs
- German terms borrowed from Middle Dutch
- German terms derived from Middle Dutch
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/afn̩
- German terms with audio links
- de:Talking