puffen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʏfən

Etymology 1

Noun

puffen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of puf

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch puffen, sharing an imitative Proto-Germanic base with Old English pyffan, Middle English puffen, English puff.

Verb

puffen

1. to puff, blow out (hot air, such as the chugging of a steam engine)

Inflection

Conjugation of puffen (weak)
infinitive	puffen
past singular	pufte
past participle	gepuft
infinitive	puffen
gerund	puffen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	puf	pufte
2nd person sing. (jij)	puft	pufte
2nd person sing. (u)	puft	pufte
2nd person sing. (gij)	puft	pufte
3rd person singular	puft	pufte
plural	puffen	puften
subjunctive sing.1	puffe	pufte
subjunctive plur.1	puffen	puften
imperative sing.	puf
imperative plur.1	puft
participles	puffend	gepuft
1) Archaic.

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German

Alternative forms

• büffen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German buffen, sharing an imitative Proto-Germanic base with Old English pyffan, Middle English puffen, English puff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʊfn̩]
• Hyphenation: puf‧fen

• Audio:

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Verb

1. to puff
2. to nudge

Further reading

• “puffen” in Duden online