blasen

German

Alternative forms

• bl*sen (censored)

Etymology

From Middle High German blāsen, Old High German blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːzn̩/, /ˈblaːzən/

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Verb

blasen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present bläst, past tense blies, past participle geblasen, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to blow
2. (transitive, music) to play (a wind instrument)
3. (vulgar) to fellate, to perform oral sex

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “blasen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “blasen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “blasen” in Duden online
• “blasen” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “blasen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

Verb

blâsen

1. to blow
2. to blow on a wind instrument, to toot
3. to sound (of a wind instrument)
4. to brag

Inflection

Derived terms

• blâsere
• teblâsen
• verblâsen

Descendants

• Dutch: blazen
• Limburgish: blaoze
• Zealandic: blaeze
• → French: blaser

Further reading

• “blasen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “blasen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From blase +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

• blase, blasyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːzən/

Verb

blasen

2. To blaze; to be alight or flaming with intensity.
3. To shine, shimmer or give off light; to be very bright.
4. (rare) To be intense; to affect emotionally to a great degree.
5. (rare) To be exceptional or without peer.
6. (rare) To be nice or respectful.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: blaze
• Scots: bleize

References

• “blāsen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.

Etymology 2

From Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːzən/

Verb

blasen (rare)

2. To breathe or blow out.
4. To emblazon; to depict heraldically.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: blaze

References

• “blāsen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.
• “blāsen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.

Etymology 3

Noun

blasen

1. plural of blase