bluffen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bluffen. Related to German verblüffen (to stump, perplex). Compare also English bluff, which may be borrowed from Dutch. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblʏ.fə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bluf‧fen
  • Rhymes: -ʏfən

Verb

bluffen

  1. (intransitive) to bluff

Inflection

Conjugation of bluffen (weak)
infinitive bluffen
past singular blufte
past participle gebluft
infinitive bluffen
gerund bluffen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blufblufte
2nd person sing. (jij) bluftblufte
2nd person sing. (u) bluftblufte
2nd person sing. (gij) bluftblufte
3rd person singular bluftblufte
plural bluffenbluften
subjunctive sing.1 bluffeblufte
subjunctive plur.1 bluffenbluften
imperative sing. bluf
imperative plur.1 bluft
participles bluffendgebluft
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English bluff. See the noun Bluff for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblœfən/, /ˈblafən/, (rare) /ˈblʊfən/
  • (file)

Verb

bluffen (weak, third-person singular present blufft, past tense bluffte, past participle geblufft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bluff

Conjugation

Further reading

  • bluffen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bluffen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bluffen” in Duden online
  • bluffen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish

Noun

bluffen

  1. definite singular of bluff
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