See also: dampfen, Dämpfen, and abdämpfen

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German dempfen, Old High German dempfen, from Proto-Germanic *dampijaną (to dampen, make damp).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛmpfən/, [ˈdɛmpfn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dämp‧fen

Verb edit

dämpfen (weak, third-person singular present dämpft, past tense dämpfte, past participle gedämpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to damp (to put out, as fire)
  2. to damp (to attenuate or deaden, as vibrations)

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Serbo-Croatian: demfati

Further reading edit

  • dämpfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dämpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dämpfen” in Duden online
  • dämpfen” in OpenThesaurus.de