dämpfen

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See also: dampfen, Dämpfen, and abdämpfen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dempfen, Old High German dempfen, from Proto-Germanic *dampijaną (to dampen, make damp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛmpfən/,
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dämp‧fen

Verb

dämpfen (weak, third-person singular present dämpft, past tense dämpfte, past participle gedämpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to damp (to put out, as fire)
  2. to damp (to attenuate or deaden, as vibrations)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Serbo-Croatian: demfati

Further reading

  • dämpfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dämpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dämpfen” in Duden online
  • dämpfen” in OpenThesaurus.de