bluffen

Dutch

Etymology

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

Inflection 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.

German

Etymology

From English bluff. See the noun Bluff for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blœfən/
  • (file)

Verb

bluffen

  1. to bluff

Conjugation

Further reading


Swedish

Noun

bluffen

  1. definite singular of bluff
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