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)

  1. to blow (usually with one’s mouth)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ pusten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

  1. definite singular of pust

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

pusten m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of pust

Swedish

Noun

pusten

  1. definite singular of pust