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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”

  • bluff
  • bluffer
  • bluffly
  • bluffness
  • bluffy
  • blufftop
  • outbluff
  • counterbluff
  • blufflike
  • bluffable
  • semi-bluff
  • rebluff
  • bluffare
  • bluffa
  • bluffato
  • блеф
  • bluff
  • Bluff
  • bluffen
  • bluffa
  • bluffare
  • bluff
  • blef
  • блеф
Every word from Middle Dutch bluffen →