blähen

== German == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblɛːən/, [ˈblɛː.ən], [ˈbleː.ən], [-n̩] Hyphenation: blä‧hen === Verb === blähen (weak, third-person singular present bläht, past tense blähte, past participle gebläht, auxiliary haben) (dated, transitive or reflexive) synonym of aufblähen (“to inflate, puff up, balloon”) (intransitive, of a food) to cause flatulation ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Blähen, Blähung blähend, aufblähen Geblähe ==== Related terms ==== Blähbauch blasen === Further reading === “blähen” in Duden online “blähen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “blähen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.