Where does “bluffen” come from?

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

bluffen (German): to bluff

Definitions

  1. to bluff

Ancestry of “bluffen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbluffAn act of bluffing; a false expression of the...
2Dutchbluffento bluff
3Middle Dutchbluffento make something swell; to bluff
Every word from Middle Dutch bluffen →Every word from Dutch bluffen →Every word from English bluff →