blasen
German, verb
blasen is a German verb meaning “to blow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Blasen is a different word: “plural of Blase”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Luft aus dem Mund ausstoßen; etwas in die Luft beziehungsweise Atmosphäre überleiten; in etwas hineinpusten”.
What does blasen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blow
- 2
to play (a wind instrument)
- 3
vulgarto fellate, to perform oral sex
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Blase
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Luft aus dem Mund ausstoßen; etwas in die Luft beziehungsweise Atmosphäre überleiten; in etwas hineinpusten 2. auf einem Blasinstrument spielen 3. wehen 4. durch Blasen formen
noun: 1. die Abgabe meist gasförmiger Stoffe mit Hilfe von Überdruck
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of blasen
- bläst present singular third-person
- blies past
- geblasen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- blasend participle present
- blase first-person indicative present
- blast indicative plural present
- blasest second-person singular subjunctive
- blaset plural second-person subjunctive
- bliesen first-person indicative plural
- bliese first-person formal rare
- bliesest indicative preterite second-person
- bliest indicative preterite second-person
- blieset formal plural rare
- blas imperative second-person singular
- blas! imperative singular
- blase! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to blasen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blasen in German?
blasen appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).