blaffen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɑfə(n)/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

Verb

blaffen

  1. (intransitive) to bark, like a canine and certain others species
  2. (intransitive) to shout rudely etc.
  3. (intransitive) to grumble, notably said of a hungry stomach
  4. (intransitive) to utter pointless sounds, e.g. protest or argue in vain
Inflection
Inflection of blaffen (weak)
infinitive blaffen
past singular blafte
past participle geblaft
infinitive blaffen
gerund blaffen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blafblafte
2nd person sing. (jij) blaftblafte
2nd person sing. (u) blaftblafte
2nd person sing. (gij) blaftblafte
3rd person singular blaftblafte
plural blaffenblaften
subjunctive sing.1 blaffeblafte
subjunctive plur.1 blaffenblaften
imperative sing. blaf
imperative plur.1 blaft
participles blaffendgeblaft
1) Archaic.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • aanblaffen
  • afblaffen
  • beblaffen
  • blaf
  • blaffer
  • blafhoest
  • blafkaak
  • blafs
  • geblaf
  • nablaffen
  • tegenblaffen
  • toeblaffen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

blaffen

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈblafən/
  • (file)

Verb

blaffen (third-person singular simple present blafft, past tense blaffte, past participle geblafft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bark briefly
  2. to speak or shout in an aggressive, rude manner

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • anblaffen
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