buhlen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German buolen (“to woo, love”), from buole (“friend, lover, loved one”). Cognate with Middle Low German bôlen (“to woo, court”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuːlən/ Hyphenation: buh‧len === Verb === buhlen (weak, third-person singular present buhlt, past tense buhlte, past participle gebuhlt, auxiliary haben) (intransitive, derogatory if figurative) to court, to woo [with um] (intransitive, dated) to have an affair, to be engaged in a dalliance [with mit ‘with’] ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “buhlen” in Duden online “buhlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “buhlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon