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dämpfen

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See also: dampfen, Dämpfen, and abdämpfen

German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to steam, treat with steam
  2. to damp (to attenuate or deaden, as vibrations)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Serbo-Croatian: demfati

Further reading

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