blähen

Meaning

  1. Synonym of aufblähen (“to inflate, puff up, balloon”)
  2. to cause flatulation

Hyphenated as
blä‧hen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈblɛːən/
Etymology

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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