puffen
German, verb[ˈpʊfn̩]
puffen is spelled P-U-F-F-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puffen is a German verb meaning “to puff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden anstubsen, leicht stoßen”.
What does puffen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to puff
- 2
to nudge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden anstubsen, leicht stoßen 2. unter Druck erhitzen und dadurch aufblähen 3. ein dumpfes, stoßartiges Geräusch von sich geben 4. (oft als Stoff oder Tuch) mehr Volumen bekommen, weil Luft darunter kommt und es wölbt; bauschen
noun: 1. tragbare Waffe, mit der Projektile abgefeuert werden können
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 puffen
- pufft present singular third-person
- puffte past
- gepufft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- puffend participle present
- puffe first-person indicative present
- puffst indicative present second-person
- puffest second-person singular subjunctive
- puffet plural second-person subjunctive
- pufften first-person indicative plural
- pufftest indicative preterite second-person
- pufftet indicative plural preterite
- puff imperative second-person singular
- habe gepufft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gepufft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- puff! imperative singular
- puffe! imperative singular
- pufft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puffen?
- [ˈpʊfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puffen in German?
puffen appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).