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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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paffen

  1. (informal) Synonym of roken (to smoke (tobacco))

Conjugation

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Conjugation of paffen (weak)
infinitive paffen
past singular pafte
past participle gepaft
infinitive paffen
gerund paffen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular paf pafte
2nd person sing. (jij) paft pafte
2nd person sing. (u) paft pafte
2nd person sing. (gij) paft pafte
3rd person singular paft pafte
plural paffen paften
subjunctive sing.1 paffe pafte
subjunctive plur.1 paffen paften
imperative sing. paf
imperative plur.1 paft
participles paffend gepaft
1) Archaic.

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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paffen (weak, third-person singular present pafft, past tense paffte, past participle gepafft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to puff, to emit smoke (of an oven, a machine)
    Synonyms: rauchen, qualmen
  2. to smoke (of a person)
    Synonyms: rauchen, qualmen
  3. (particularly) to smoke without inhaling the smoke into the lungs
    Antonym: auf Lunge rauchen

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • paffen” in Duden online
  • paffen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

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Adjective

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paffen

  1. inflection of paff:
    1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
    2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
    3. strong/weak dative plural