bläst

Bläst is a present tense form of the German verbblasen, meaning to blow. It is used for the second person singular (du bläst) as well as the third person singular (er/sie/es bläst). The corresponding forms for other persons are ich blase, wir blasen, ihr blast, sie blasen. As a separable-prefix verb, it can appear together with particles in phrases such as ausblasen, where the past participle is gemacht as ausgeblasen.

In usage, bläst commonly appears when describing a current action of blowing air or wind. For example, Der Wind bläst stark means the wind is blowing hard. The verb also occurs in contexts of blowing air into musical instruments or out of candles: Der Musiker bläst in die Trompete, und Er bläst die Kerze aus. The preterite form ofblåsen is blies, used for simple past narration, while the past participle is geblasen or ausgeblasen when the prefix aus- is involved (Ich habe die Kerze ausgeblasen).

Etymologically, bläst comes from the German verbblasen, which is related to cognate verbs in other West Germanic languages, such as Dutch blazen and English blow, all tracing back to a common Proto-Germanic root.

See also: blow (action), wind, German verb conjugation, ausblasen. Bläst is primarily of linguistic interest as a present-tense inflected form and is not typically used as a standalone noun or term.