pusten
See also: pušten
German edit
Etymology edit
The modern form is from German Low German pusten, from Middle Low German pûsten, borrowed during the 18th century and spread in this Low German form after that. Earlier attestations (from the 14th century on) are pausten, pfausten, rarely also pusten. These prove the word to be inherited in High German. It is sometimes traced back to an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pusten (weak, third-person singular present pustet, past tense pustete, past participle gepustet, auxiliary haben)
- to blow (usually with one’s mouth)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | pusten | ||||
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present participle | pustend | ||||
past participle | gepustet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich puste | wir pusten | i | ich puste | wir pusten |
du pustest | ihr pustet | du pustest | ihr pustet | ||
er pustet | sie pusten | er puste | sie pusten | ||
preterite | ich pustete | wir pusteten | ii | ich pustete1 | wir pusteten1 |
du pustetest | ihr pustetet | du pustetest1 | ihr pustetet1 | ||
er pustete | sie pusteten | er pustete1 | sie pusteten1 | ||
imperative | pust (du) puste (du) |
pustet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
pusten m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- pustet n
Noun edit
pusten m or n
Swedish edit
Noun edit
pusten