bluffen

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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)/
  • Audio:(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 bluf blufte
2nd person sing. (jij) bluft, bluf2 blufte
2nd person sing. (u) bluft blufte
2nd person sing. (gij) bluft blufte
3rd person singular bluft blufte
plural bluffen bluften
subjunctive sing.1 bluffe blufte
subjunctive plur.1 bluffen bluften
imperative sing. bluf
imperative plur.1 bluft
participles bluffend gebluft
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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