blenden

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blenden, from Old Dutch *blenden, from Proto-Germanic *blandijaną.

Verb

blenden

  1. (transitive, archaic) to blind
Conjugation
Conjugation of blenden (weak)
infinitive blenden
past singular blendde
past participle geblend
infinitive blenden
gerund blenden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blend blendde
2nd person sing. (jij) blendt, blend2 blendde
2nd person sing. (u) blendt blendde
2nd person sing. (gij) blendt blendde
3rd person singular blendt blendde
plural blenden blendden
subjunctive sing.1 blende blendde
subjunctive plur.1 blenden blendden
imperative sing. blend
imperative plur.1 blendt
participles blendend geblend
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English blend.

Verb

blenden

  1. (transitive) to mix in a blender, to blend
Conjugation
Conjugation of blenden (weak)
infinitive blenden
past singular blendde
past participle geblend
infinitive blenden
gerund blenden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blend blendde
2nd person sing. (jij) blendt, blend2 blendde
2nd person sing. (u) blendt blendde
2nd person sing. (gij) blendt blendde
3rd person singular blendt blendde
plural blenden blendden
subjunctive sing.1 blende blendde
subjunctive plur.1 blenden blendden
imperative sing. blend
imperative plur.1 blendt
participles blendend geblend
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Synonyms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German blenden, from Old High German blenten, from Proto-Germanic *blandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. Cognate with Dutch blenden, Old English blendan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛndən/,
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  • Hyphenation: blen‧den

Verb

blenden (weak, third-person singular present blendet, past tense blendete, past participle geblendet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to dazzle; to blind (confuse someone’s sight by means of excessive brightness)
  2. (usually intransitive, figurative) to show off; to pose (try to make an impression on someone by behaving affectedly and/or overstating one’s achievements)
  3. (transitive, literary, chiefly historical) to blind (punish someone by making them blind)

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Further reading

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