verpuffen

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German

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Etymology

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ver- +‎ puffen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fərˈpʊfən/, /fɛr-/, [fɐˈpʊ.fən], [fɛɐ̯-], [-fn̩], [-fɱ̩]
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧puf‧fen

Verb

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verpuffen (weak, third-person singular present verpufft, past tense verpuffte, past participle verpufft, auxiliary sein)

  1. (chemistry) to explode through deflagration (rather than detonation)
  2. (figurative) to fizzle out; to die down fast; to fail to have the intended effect

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • verpuffen” in Duden online
  • verpuffen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache