German edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpafən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -afn̩

Verb edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

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

Luxembourgish edit

Adjective edit

paffen

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