dämpfen

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See also: dampfen, Dämpfen, and abdämpfen

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German dempfen, Old High German dempfen, from Proto-Germanic *dampijaną (to dampen, make damp).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛmpfən/, [ˈdɛmpfn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dämp‧fen

Verb[edit]

dämpfen (weak, third-person singular present dämpft, past tense dämpfte, past participle gedämpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to damp (to put out, as fire)
  2. to damp (to attenuate or deaden, as vibrations)

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Serbo-Croatian: demfati

Further reading[edit]

  • dämpfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dämpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dämpfen” in Duden online
  • dämpfen” in OpenThesaurus.de