pusten
See also: pušten
German
Etymology
The modern form is from German Low German pusten, from Middle Low German pûsten, borrowed during the 18th century and spread in this Low German form after that. Ultimately of imitative origin (lautmalend), though it is unclear if the word goes back to a Proto-Indo-European root.[1]
Earlier attestations (from the 14th century on) are pausten, pfausten, rarely also pusten. These prove the word to be inherited in High German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuːstən/, [ˈpuːstən], [ˈpuːstn̩]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pus‧ten
Verb
pusten (weak, third-person singular present pustet, past tense pustete, past participle gepustet, auxiliary haben)
- to blow (usually with one’s mouth)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pusten (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | pusten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | pustend | ||||
| past participle | gepustet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich puste | wir pusten | i | ich puste | wir pusten |
| du pustest | ihr pustet | du pustest | ihr pustet | ||
| er pustet | sie pusten | er puste | sie pusten | ||
| preterite | ich pustete | wir pusteten | ii | ich pustete1 | wir pusteten1 |
| du pustetest | ihr pustetet | du pustetest1 | ihr pustetet1 | ||
| er pustete | sie pusteten | er pustete1 | sie pusteten1 | ||
| imperative | pust (du) puste (du) |
pustet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of pusten (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Further reading
- “pusten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “pusten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “pusten” in Duden online
- “pusten” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pusten m
- definite singular of pust
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- pustet n
Noun
pusten m or n
- definite masculine singular of pust
Swedish
Noun
pusten
- definite singular of pust