# blasen
## German
### Alternative forms

* bl*sen (censored)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblaːzn̩/, /ˈblaːzən/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

blasen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present bläst, past tense blies, past participle geblasen, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive or intransitive) to blow
* (transitive, music) to play (a wind instrument)
* (vulgar) to fellate, to perform oral sex

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* abblasen
* anblasen (“to blow, to blow at or on”)
* aufblasen
* ausblasen (“to blow out [e.g. a candle]; to blow off [e.g. steam]”)
* durchblasen (“to blow through”)
* einblasen
* fortblasen (“to remove by blowing; to blow away”)
* Glasblasen
* hinausblasen (“to remove something by blowing it out”)
* hineinblasen (“to blow into, to blow inside [e.g. wind instrument]”)
* mundgeblasen (“mouth-blown”)
* überblasen (“overblow [music]”)
* umblasen
* verblasen
* vorblasen
* wegblasen

### Further reading

* “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

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Verb

blâsen
* to blow
* to blow on a wind instrument, to toot
* to sound (of a wind instrument)
* to brag

#### Derived terms

* blâsere
* teblâsen
* verblâsen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: blazen
** Afrikaans: blaas
** Berbice Creole Dutch: blasi
** Negerhollands: blaas, aass, blaes
** Petjo: blazen
** → Papiamentu: blas
* Limburgish: blaoze
* Zealandic: blaeze
* → French: blaser
** ⇒ French: blasé
*** → English: blasé
*** → German: blasiert

### Further reading

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

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From blase +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* blase, blasyn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblaːzən/

#### Verb

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

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) blasen, blase | (to) blasen, blase |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | blase | blased |
| 2nd-person singular | blasest | blasedest |
| 3rd-person singular | blaseth | blased |
| subjunctive singular | blase | blased |
| imperative singular | blase | — |
| plural$^1$ | blasen, blase | blaseden, blasede |
| imperative plural | blaseth, blase | — |
| participles | blasynge, blasende | blased, yblased |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: blaze
* Scots: bleize

##### References

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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblaːzən/

#### Verb

blasen (rare)
* To breathe or blow out.
* To emblazon; to depict heraldically.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) blasen, blase | (to) blasen, blase |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | blase | blased |
| 2nd-person singular | blasest | blasedest |
| 3rd-person singular | blaseth | blased |
| subjunctive singular | blase | blased |
| imperative singular | blase | — |
| plural$^1$ | blasen, blase | blaseden, blasede |
| imperative plural | blaseth, blase | — |
| participles | blasynge, blasende | blased, yblased |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: blaze

##### References

* “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.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

blasen
* plural of blase