Bluff

See also: bluff

English

Proper noun

Bluff

  1. The southernmost town in the South Island of New Zealand, and seaport for the Southland region.

German

Etymology

From English bluff, perhaps from Dutch bluffen, which is related with German verblüffen. Bluff may be the only word in which the representation of English /ʌ/ by German /œ/, which was formerly common (as it still is in French), has remained to this day. In other borrowings, /ʌ/ is represented by German /a/, or the spelling pronunciation /ʊ/ is used.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blœf/
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Noun

Bluff m (genitive Bluffs, plural Bluffs)

  1. bluff

Declension
Declension of Bluff
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bluff die Bluffs
genitive eines des Bluffs der Bluffs
dative einem dem Bluff den Bluffs
accusative einen den Bluff die Bluffs

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