blenden

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛndə(n)/
• Hyphenation: blen‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛndən

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

blenden

1. (transitive, archaic) to blind

• (to blind): verblinden

Borrowed from English blend.

blenden

1. (transitive) to mix in a blender, to blend

• (to blend): mixen

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛndən/,

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• Hyphenation: blen‧den

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)

• abblenden
• ausblenden
• Blende
• blendend
• Blender
• Blendung
• einblenden
• verblendet (verblenden)

• blind

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