"puffen" meaning in Dutch

See puffen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Nl-puffen.ogg
Rhymes: -ʏfən Head templates: {{head|nl|noun form}} puffen
  1. plural of puf Tags: form-of, plural Form of: puf
    Sense id: en-puffen-nl-noun-oSVzLq1F Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 46 Disambiguation of Dutch onomatopoeias: 18 39 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Audio: Nl-puffen.ogg
Rhymes: -ʏfən Etymology: From Middle Dutch puffen, sharing an imitative Proto-Germanic base with Old English pyffan, Middle English puffen, English puff. Compare Middle Low German puffen. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|puffen}} Middle Dutch puffen, {{onomatopoeic|nl|title=imitative}} imitative, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|ang|pyffan}} Old English pyffan, {{cog|enm|puffen}} Middle English puffen, {{cog|en|puff}} English puff, {{cog|gml|puffen}} Middle Low German puffen Head templates: {{nl-verb}} puffen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|puf|puffe}} Forms: weak [table-tags], puffen [infinitive], puffen [gerund, neuter], puf [first-person, present, singular], pufte [first-person, past, singular], puft [present, second-person, singular], puf [present, second-person, singular], pufte [past, second-person, singular], puft [formal, present, second-person, singular], pufte [formal, past, second-person, singular], puft [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], puft [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], pufte [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], pufte [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], puft [present, singular, third-person], pufte [past, singular, third-person], puffen [plural, present], puften [past, plural], puffe [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], pufte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], puffen [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], puften [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], puf [imperative, present, singular], puft [archaic, imperative, plural, present], puffend [participle, present], gepuft [participle, past]
  1. to puff, blow out (hot air, such as the chugging of a steam engine)
    Sense id: en-puffen-nl-verb-PvxRIQJ4 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 46 Disambiguation of Dutch onomatopoeias: 18 39 43
  2. (Suriname) to flatulate, to break wind, to fart Tags: Suriname
    Sense id: en-puffen-nl-verb-MJP0kLTO Categories (other): Surinamese Dutch, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch onomatopoeias, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 46 Disambiguation of Dutch onomatopoeias: 18 39 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 12 27 42 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 21 55 7 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2021 March 20, “Pastoor puft in mensen hun gezicht om ze te genezen [Pastor farts in people's faces to cure them]”, in GFC Nieuws, retrieved 2021-03-21:",
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        "2": "puffe"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to puff, blow out (hot air, such as the chugging of a steam engine)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "puff",
          "puff"
        ],
        [
          "blow out",
          "blow out"
        ],
        [
          "chug",
          "chug"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with quotations",
        "Surinamese Dutch"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A pastor of a South African church claims that he farts into the faces of his churchgoers in an attempt to cure them. The pastor sits with his full weight on the heads of the members of his community and then breaks wind.",
          "ref": "2021 March 20, “Pastoor puft in mensen hun gezicht om ze te genezen [Pastor farts in people's faces to cure them]”, in GFC Nieuws, retrieved 2021-03-21:",
          "text": "Een voorganger van een Zuid-Afrikaanse kerk beweert dat hij in de gezichten van zijn kerkbezoekers puft in een poging ze te genezen. De pastoor zit met zijn volle gewicht op de hoofden van de leden van zijn gemeenschap en puft vervolgens.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flatulate, to break wind, to fart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flatulate",
          "flatulate"
        ],
        [
          "break wind",
          "break wind"
        ],
        [
          "fart",
          "fart"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Suriname) to flatulate, to break wind, to fart"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suriname"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Nl-puffen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/Nl-puffen.ogg/Nl-puffen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Nl-puffen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʏfən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puffen"
}

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