blasen

See also: Blasen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German blāsen, Old High German blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblaːzn̩/, /ˈblaːzən/
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Verb

blasen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present bläst, past tense blies, past participle geblasen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to blow
  2. (transitive, music) to play (a wind instrument)
  3. (vulgar) to fellate, to perform oral sex

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

Verb

blâsen

  1. to blow
  2. to blow on a wind instrument, to toot
  3. to sound (of a wind instrument)
  4. to brag

Inflection

Strong class 7
Infinitive blâsen
3rd sg. past blies
3rd pl. past bliesen
Past participle geblâsen
Infinitive blâsen
In genitive blâsens
In dative blâsene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular blâse blies
2nd singular blâes, blâses blies, blieses
3rd singular blâest, blâset blies
1st plural blâsen bliesen
2nd plural blâest, blâset bliest, blieset
3rd plural blâsen bliesen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular blâse bliese
2nd singular blâes, blâses blieses
3rd singular blâse bliese
1st plural blâsen bliesen
2nd plural blâest, blâset blieset
3rd plural blâsen bliesen
Imperative Present
Singular blâes, blâse
Plural blâest, blâset
Present Past
Participle blâsende geblâsen

Derived terms

  • blâsere
  • teblâsen
  • verblâsen

Descendants

  • Dutch: blazen
  • Limburgish: blaoze
  • Zealandic: blaeze
  • French: blaser

Further reading

  • blasen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “blasen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From blase + -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblaːzən/

Verb

blasen

  1. To blaze; to be alight or flaming with intensity.
  2. To shine, shimmer or give off light; to be very bright.
  3. (rare) To be intense; to affect emotionally to a great degree.
  4. (rare) To be exceptional or without peer.
  5. (rare) To be nice or respectful.
Conjugation
Descendants
  • English: blaze
  • Scots: bleize
References

Etymology 2

From Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblaːzən/

Verb

blasen (rare)

  1. To breathe or blow out.
  2. To emblazon; to depict heraldically.
Conjugation
Descendants
References

Noun

blasen

  1. plural of blase
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