pusten
German, verb/ˈpuːstən/
pusten is spelled P-U-S-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pusten is a German verb meaning “to blow (usually with one’s mouth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch plötzliches heftiges Ausatmen einen starken Luftstrom erzeugen”.
What does pusten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blow (usually with one’s mouth)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch plötzliches heftiges Ausatmen einen starken Luftstrom erzeugen 2. heftig atmen, weil man erschöpft ist, in ein Alkoholmessgerät blasen
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 pusten
- pustet present singular third-person
- pustete past
- gepustet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- pustend participle present
- puste first-person indicative present
- pustest indicative present second-person
- pusteten first-person indicative plural
- pustetest indicative preterite second-person
- pustetet indicative plural preterite
- pust imperative second-person singular
- habe gepustet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gepustet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- puste! imperative singular
- pustet! imperative plural
- gepustet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu pusten active extended infinitive
- gepustet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pusten?
- /ˈpuːstən/
- [ˈpuːstən]
- [ˈpuːstn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pusten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pusten in German?
pusten appears 1.2 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).