blähen

Meaning

  1. (dated, reflexive, transitive, weak) synonym of aufblähen (“to inflate, puff up, balloon”)
  2. (intransitive, weak) to cause flatulation

Concepts

cause to swell

make swollen

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

blaaie

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈblɛːən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German blæjen, from Old High German blāen, from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną. Cognate with obsolete Dutch blaaien, English blow.

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