Where does “bluffen” come from?

bluffen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.

bluffen (Dutch): to bluff

Definitions

  1. to bluff

Ancestry of “bluffen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbluffento make something swell; to bluff

Words derived from “bluffen

Every word from Middle Dutch bluffen
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