blasen

• bl*sen (censored)

From Middle High German blāsen, Old High German blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːzn̩/, /ˈblaːzən/

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blasen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present bläst, past tense blies, past participle geblasen, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to blow
2. (transitive, music) to play (a wind instrument)
3. (vulgar) to fellate, to perform oral sex

• “blasen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “blasen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “blasen” in Duden online
• “blasen” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “blasen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

From Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

blâsen

1. to blow
2. to blow on a wind instrument, to toot
3. to sound (of a wind instrument)
4. to brag

Strong class 7
Infinitive	blâsen
3rd sg. past	blies
3rd pl. past	bliesen
Past participle	geblâsen
Infinitive	blâsen
In genitive	blâsens
In dative	blâsene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	blâse	blies
2nd singular	blâes, blâses	blies, blieses
3rd singular	blâest, blâset	blies
1st plural	blâsen	bliesen
2nd plural	blâest, blâset	bliest, blieset
3rd plural	blâsen	bliesen
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	blâse	bliese
2nd singular	blâes, blâses	blieses
3rd singular	blâse	bliese
1st plural	blâsen	bliesen
2nd plural	blâest, blâset	blieset
3rd plural	blâsen	bliesen
Imperative	Present
Singular	blâes, blâse
Plural	blâest, blâset
	Present	Past
Participle	blâsende	geblâsen

• blâsere
• teblâsen
• verblâsen

• Dutch: blazen
• Limburgish: blaoze
• Zealandic: blaeze
• → French: blaser

• “blasen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “blasen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From blase +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• blase, blasyn

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːzən/

blasen

2. To blaze; to be alight or flaming with intensity.
3. To shine, shimmer or give off light; to be very bright.
4. (rare) To be intense; to affect emotionally to a great degree.
5. (rare) To be exceptional or without peer.
6. (rare) To be nice or respectful.

• English: blaze
• Scots: bleize

• “blāsen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.

From Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːzən/

blasen (rare)

2. To breathe or blow out.
4. To emblazon; to depict heraldically.

• English: blaze

• “blāsen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.
• “blāsen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.

blasen

1. plural of blase