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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English blynd , from Old English blind , from Proto-West Germanic *blind , from Proto-Germanic *blindaz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
blind (comparative blinder , superlative blindest )
( not comparable ) Unable to see , or only partially able to see.
Synonym: sightless
Antonyms: seeing , sighted
Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.
Braille is a writing system for the blind .
his blind eye
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :He that is strucken blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
( comparable ) Failing to recognize , acknowledge or perceive .
The lovers were blind to each other's faults.
Authors are blind to their own defects.
( not comparable ) Of a place, having little or no visibility .
a blind path
a blind ditch
a blind corner
1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton ], edited by H[enry] Lawes , A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: , London: [Augustine Matthews ] for Hvmphrey Robinson , , published 1637 , →OCLC ; reprinted as Comus: (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company , 1903 , →OCLC :the blind mazes of this tangled wood
( not comparable ) Closed at one end; having a dead end ; exitless .
a blind fistula
1898 , Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society , page 498 :The naric-hypophysial canal was blind at both ends, and paired olfactory sacs opened into it, as well as a narrow canal from the front of the gut.
1914 , James Joyce , Araby :North Richmond street, being blind , was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free.
( not comparable ) Having no openings for light or passage ; both dark and exitless.
a blind wall
a blind alley
( in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative ) Smallest or slightest .
I shouted, but he didn't take a blind bit of notice.
We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.
( not comparable ) Without any prior knowledge.
He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.
I went into the meeting totally blind , so I really didn't have a clue what I was talking about.
( not comparable ) Unconditional ; without regard to evidence , logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
blind deference
blind justice
blind punishment
1787–1788 , John Jay , The Federalist Papers
This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.
( sciences ) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias .
a blind trial
Unintelligible or illegible .
a blind passage in a book; blind writing
( horticulture ) Abortive ; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
blind buds
blind flowers
( LGBT , slang ) Uncircumcised
Derived terms
Translations
unable to see
'Are'are: 'uru
Albanian: i verbër (sq)
Arabic: أَعْمَى (ar) m ( ʔaʕmā ) , عَمْيَاء f ( ʕamyāʔ ) , كَفِيف ( kafīf )
Egyptian Arabic: أعمى m ( ʔáʕma ) , عميا f ( ʕámya ) , عمى pl ( ʕomy ) , مكفوف m ( makfūf ) , مكفوفة f ( makfūfa ) , مكفوفين f ( makfufīn ) ( formal )
Archi: бецду ( becdu )
Armenian: կույր (hy) ( kuyr )
Aromanian: orbu
Asturian: ciegu (ast)
Avar: бецав ( becaw )
Azerbaijani: kor (az)
Baluchi: کور ( kor )
Bashkir: һуҡыр ( huqır )
Basque: itsu
Belarusian: сляпы́ ( sljapý )
Bengali: অন্ধ (bn) ( ondho )
Bikol Central: buta (bcl)
Breton: dall (br)
Buginese: wuta
Bulgarian: сляп (bg) ( sljap )
Burmese: ကန်း (my) ( kan: )
Buryat: һохор ( hoxor )
Catalan: cec (ca) , orb (ca)
Cebuano: buta
Chamicuro: manatsa
Chavacano: ciego
Chechen: бӏаьрзе ( bˀärze )
Cherokee: ᏗᎨᏫ ( digewi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 盲 ( maang4 ) , 失明 ( sat1 ming4 ) ( formal )
Dungan: ха ( ha ) , хазы ( hazɨ )
Hakka: 瞎目 ( hat-muk )
Hokkien: 青盲 (zh-min-nan) ( chheⁿ-mê, chhiⁿ-mî ) , 失明 (zh-min-nan) ( sit-bêng ) ( formal )
Mandarin: 盲 (zh) ( máng ) , 盲目 (zh) ( mángmù ) , 失明 (zh) ( shīmíng ) ( formal ) , 瞎 (zh) ( xiā ) ( colloquial ) , 瞽 (zh) ( gǔ ) ( archaic )
Chuvash: суккӑр ( sukkăr ) , куҫсӑр ( kuśsăr )
Cornish: dall
Crimean Tatar: soqur , kör
Czech: slepý (cs) m
Dalmatian: vuarb , uarb
Danish: blind (da)
Dutch: blind (nl)
Elfdalian: blind
Esperanto: blinda (eo)
Estonian: pime (et)
Faroese: blindur
Finnish: sokea (fi)
Franco-Provençal: avoglo
French: aveugle (fr) m or f , mal-voyant (fr) m , mal-voyante f
Friulian: vuarb
Gagauz: köör , görmäz , gözsüz
Galician: cego (gl) , invidente
Georgian: ბრმა ( brma ) , უსინათლო ( usinatlo )
German: blind (de)
Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 ( blinds )
Greek: τυφλός (el) ( tyflós ) , αόμματος (el) ( aómmatos )
Ancient: τυφλός ( tuphlós ) , ἀλαός ( alaós )
Greenlandic: tappiitsoq
Hebrew: עיוור / עִוֵּר (he) ( ivér )
Higaonon: buta
Hiligaynon: buta
Hindi: अंधा (hi) ( andhā )
Hungarian: vak (hu)
Icelandic: blindur (is) m
Ido: blinda (io)
Ilocano: bulsek
Indonesian: buta (id)
Interlingua: cec
Iranun: buta
Irish: dall (ga)
Istriot: uorbo
Italian: cieco (it) , orbo (it)
Ivatan: mavota
Japanese: 失明した (ja) ( shitsumei shita ) , 目の見えない ( me no mienai ) , 盲目の (ja) ( もうもくの, mōmoku no ) , 盲 (ja) ( mekura ) ( a blind person )
Javanese: picek (jv)
Kalmyk: сохр ( soxr )
Karachay-Balkar: сокъур ( soqur )
Karakalpak: гөр ( gör ) , соқыр ( soqyr )
Kazakh: соқыр ( soqyr )
Khakas: харах чох ( xarax çox )
Khmer: ខ្វាក់ (km) ( khvak )
Komi-Permyak: синтӧм ( śintöm )
Komi-Zyrian: синтӧм ( śintöm )
Korean: 눈 이 먼 ( nun-i meon ) , 장님의 (ko) ( jangnimui )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کوێر ( kwêr )
Northern Kurdish: kor (ku)
Kyrgyz: сокур (ky) ( sokur ) , көр (ky) ( kör )
Lao: ບອດ ( bǭt )
Latgalian: oklys m
Latin: caecus (la) m
Latvian: akls (lv) , neredzīgs
Limburgish: blindj (li)
Lithuanian: ãklas
Low German: blind
Luxembourgish: blann (lb)
Macedonian: слеп ( slep )
Makasar: buta
Malay: buta , tunanetra
Maltese: agħma , agħmi
Manchu: ᠪᠠᠯᡠ ( balu )
Mansaka: pisuk
Maori: pura
Maranao: pisek , bota
Mari:
Eastern Mari: сокыр ( sokyr ) , уждымо ( uždymo )
Western Mari: слӧпӧй ( slöpöj ) , сльӧпӧй ( sĺöpöj )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сохор (mn) ( soxor )
Mongolian: ᠰᠣᠬᠤᠷ ( soqur )
Nanai: бали ( bali )
Norman: aveugl'ye m or f
Northern Sami: čalmmeheapme
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blind (no) m or f
Nynorsk: blind m or f
Occitan: òrb (oc) , cèc (oc)
Odia: ଅନ୍ଧ ( ôndhô )
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: слѣпъ ( slěpŭ )
Old East Slavic: слѣпъ ( slěpŭ )
Old English: blind (ang)
Old Javanese: wuta
Oromo: jaamaa
Ossetian: куырм ( k°yrm )
Ottoman Turkish: اعمی ( ama )
Pashto: ړوند (ps) ( ṛund ) , نابينا ( nābinã ) , نګوری ( ngóray )
Persian: کور (fa) ( kur ) , نابینا (fa) ( nâbinâ )
Piedmontese: orbo
Plautdietsch: blint
Polish: ślepy (pl) m , niewidomy (pl) m
Portuguese: cego (pt)
Punjabi: اَنّھا ( annhā )
Quechua: ñawsa (qu)
Canka Quechua: ñausa
Waiwaş Quechua: gapra
Wanka Quechua: gapla
Romagnol: cig
Romanian: orb (ro) , chior (ro)
Romansch: tschorv , orv , orb
Russian: слепо́й (ru) ( slepój ) , незря́чий (ru) ( nezrjáčij )
Sanskrit: अन्ध (sa) ( andha )
Sardinian: tzecu , cegu , tzegu
Scottish Gaelic: dall
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: слеп , слијеп
Roman: slep (sh) , slijep (sh)
Sicilian: orvu (scn) , orbu (scn)
Sindhi: انڌو ( andho )
Slovak: slepý (sk)
Slovene: slep (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: slěpy
Upper Sorbian: slepy
Southern Altai: сокор ( sokor ) , кöзи кöрбöс ( közi körbös ) , кöс јок ( kös ǰok )
Spanish: ciego (es) , invidente
Swahili: kipofu (sw)
Swedish: blind (sv) c , synskadad (sv) c
Tagalog: bulag (tl)
Tajik: кӯр (tg) ( kür ) , нобино ( nobino )
Talysh: ku
Tamil: குருடு (ta) ( kuruṭu )
Tat: kur
Tausug: buta
Telugu: గుడ్డి (te) ( guḍḍi )
Thai: ตาบอด (th) ( dtaa-bɔ̀ɔt ) , บอด (th) ( bɔ̀ɔt )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tlingit: lkhooshtéeni
Tocharian B: tärrek
Turkish: kör (tr) , görme engelli (tr) , görmez (tr) , âmâ (tr) , gözsüz (tr)
Turkmen: kör
Tuvan: согур ( sogur )
Udmurt: сукыр ( sukyr ) , синтэм ( śintem )
Ukrainian: сліпи́й ( slipýj )
Urdu: اندھا ( andhā )
Uyghur: كور ( kor )
Uzbek: koʻr (uz)
Venetian: orbo , cioro , ciore
Vietnamese: mù (vi) , đui mù , đui (vi)
Volapük: bleinik (vo)
Waray-Waray: butá
Warlpiri: pampa
Welsh: dall (cy)
West Frisian: blyn
White Hmong: dig muag
Yiddish: בלינד ( blind )
Yoruba: afọju
Zazaki: kor (diq)
Zhuang: mengz , fangz
having little or no visibility
having no openings for light or passage
without any prior knowledge
unconditional; without regard to evidence
unintelligible or illegible
horticulture: failing to produce flowers or fruit
See also
Noun
blind (plural blinds )
A destination blind (sense 2) on the side of a London bus
A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
Hyponyms: roller blind , Venetian blind
1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine , page 279 :A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway.
1956 , Delano Ames , chapter 12, in Crime out of Mind :Light filtered in through the blinds of the french windows. It made tremulous stripes along the scrubbed pine floor.
A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
Any device intended to conceal or hide .
a duck blind
2010 , Jennifer Egan , A Visit from the Goon Squad , Corsair (2011):A gang of children [ …] stampede along a slatted path to a blind beside a watering hole: a wooden hut full of long benches with a slot they can peek through, invisible to the animals.
Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
( military ) A blindage .
A hiding place .
1697 , Virgil , “The Fourth Book of the Æneis ”, in John Dryden , transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson , , →OCLC :So, when the watchful shepherd, from the blind , Wounds with a random shaft the careless hind
( rugby , colloquial ) The blindside .
( baseball , slang , 1800s) No score.
( poker ) A forced bet : the small blind or the big blind .
The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1.
( poker ) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.
Synonyms
( destination sign ) : rollsign ( mainly US )
Derived terms
Translations
covering for a window
Asturian: persiana f
Belarusian: што́ра f ( štóra ) ( curtain ) , жалюзі́ n ( žaljuzí ) ( jalousie )
Bulgarian: щори pl ( štori ) , жалузи (bg) pl ( žaluzi )
Catalan: persiana (ca) f ( made of slats )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 簾 / 帘 (zh) ( lián ) , 簾子 / 帘子 (zh) ( liánzi )
Danish: gardin (da) n , rullegardin (da) n , persienne (da)
Dutch: blind (nl) n
Finnish: verho (fi) , rullaverho , ( made of slats ) sälekaihdin (fi) , markiisi (fi)
French: store (fr) m
Galician: persiana f
Georgian: ჟალუზი ( žaluzi ) , დარაბა (ka) ( daraba )
German: Jalousie (de) f ( slats ) , Rouleau (de) n , Rollo (de) , Rollladen (de) f ( outside )
Greek: γρίλλια f ( gríllia ) , σκιάδιο n ( skiádio )
Hebrew: תריס (he) m ( tris ) , צִלּוֹן m ( tzilón )
Hindi: चिक़ f ( ciq )
Irish: dallóg f , dallóg fuinneoige f
Italian: tenda (it) f
Japanese: ブラインド ( buraindo )
Korean: 블라인드 ( beullaindeu )
Lao: ມ່ານ ( mān ) , ສູດ ( sūt )
Occitan: persiana f , gelosiá (oc) f
Ottoman Turkish: پرده ( perde )
Persian: پرده کرکره (fa) ( parde kerkere )
Polish: zasłona (pl) f
Portuguese: persiana (pt) f , estore m
Romanian: oblon (ro) n , jaluzea (ro) f
Russian: што́ры (ru) f pl ( štóry ) ( curtain ) , марки́за (ru) f ( markíza ) ( marquee ) , жалюзи́ (ru) pl ( žaljuzí ) ( jalousie ) , ставни (ru) f pl ( stavni ) ( shutters )
Scottish Gaelic: sgàile f
Spanish: celosía (es) f , persiana (es) f
Swedish: rullgardin (sv) c , gardin (sv) c , persienn (sv) c (made of slats ), jalousi (sv) n , markis (sv) c (awning )
Tagalog: persiyana
Ukrainian: што́ра f ( štóra ) , фіра́нка f ( firánka ) , жалюзі́ n ( žaljuzí ) ( jalousie )
Volapük: rulakörten
Welsh: blaind
See also
Verb
blind (third-person singular simple present blinds , present participle blinding , simple past and past participle blinded )
( transitive ) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded .
Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?
May 9, 1686 (date of preaching), Robert South , The Fatal Imposture and Force of Words (sermon)
A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is a much greater.
( slang , obsolete ) To curse.
1890 , Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier :If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind ; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it's beer for the young British soldier.
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
1676 , Edward Stillingfleet , A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome :The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Derived terms
Translations
make temporarily or permanently blind
Arabic: أَعْمَى (ar) ( ʔaʕmā )
Armenian: կուրացնել (hy) ( kuracʻnel )
Asturian: cegar
Belarusian: сляпі́ць impf ( sljapícʹ ) , засляпля́ць impf ( zasljapljácʹ ) , засляпі́ць pf ( zasljapícʹ ) , асляпля́ць impf ( asljapljácʹ ) , асляпі́ць pf ( asljapícʹ )
Bulgarian: ослепя́вам (bg) impf ( oslepjávam ) , ослепя́ (bg) pf ( oslepjá ) , заслепя́вам (bg) impf ( zaslepjávam ) , заслепя́ pf ( zaslepjá )
Catalan: cegar (ca)
Czech: oslňovat impf , oslnit (cs) pf , oslepit pf
Danish: blænde
Dutch: verblinden (nl) , blenden (nl)
Estonian: pimestama
Finnish: ( temporarily ) sokaista (fi) , ( permanently ) sokeuttaa (fi)
French: aveugler (fr)
Galician: cegar (gl)
German: blenden (de)
Greek: τυφλώνω (el) ( tyflóno )
Hebrew: סִנְוֵר (he) ( sinvér )
Hungarian: vakít (hu) , megvakít (hu)
Ido: blindigar (io)
Ingrian: soata , soettaa
Irish: dall (ga) , caoch
Old Irish: cáechaid , dallaid
Italian: accecare (it)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کوێر کردن ( kwêr kirdin )
Latin: caecō , excaeco , occaeco
Latvian: apžilbināt
Macedonian: заслепува impf ( zaslepuva ) , заслепи pf ( zaslepi )
Mansaka: bota
Maori: whakapohe , whakamatapō
Norman: aveuglier
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blinde (no) ( permanently ) , blende ( temporarily, as by the sun )
Old English: blendan
Polish: oślepiać (pl) impf , oślepić (pl) pf
Portuguese: cegar (pt)
Russian: слепи́ть (ru) impf ( slepítʹ ) , ослепля́ть (ru) impf ( oslepljátʹ ) , ослепи́ть (ru) pf ( oslepítʹ )
Slovak: zaslepiť pf , oslepiť pf
Slovene: oslepiti pf , zaslepiti pf
Spanish: cegar (es)
Swedish: förblinda (sv) , ( by means of strong light ) blända (sv)
Ukrainian: сліпи́ти impf ( slipýty ) , заслі́плювати impf ( zaslípljuvaty ) , засліпля́ти impf ( zaslipljáty ) , засліпи́ти pf ( zaslipýty )
Volapük: bleinükön (vo)
to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal
Adverb
blind (comparative more blind , superlative most blind )
Without seeing; unseeingly .
1899 February, Joseph Conrad , “The Heart of Darkness ”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine , volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC , part I, page 196 :It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
( colloquial ) Absolutely , totally .
to swear blind
1899 February, Joseph Conrad , “The Heart of Darkness ”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine , volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC , part I, page 195 :It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
( poker , three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt .
( cooking , especially in combination with 'bake') As a pastry case only, without any filling.
Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a "soggy bottom".
2012 , Frank D. Conforti, Food Selection and Preparation: A Laboratory Manual , John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN , page 63 :If the shell is going to be baked without a filling, “baking the crust blind ,” prick the bottom and sides of the crust to allow the steam to escape. Another variation: line the bottom of the crust with parchment paper [ …]
2013 , Dorie Greenspan, Baking: From My Home to Yours , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN , page 490 :PIE WEIGHTS: When you are baking a crust blind , which means when you are partially or fully baking it without filling (see blind-baking, page 474), you need something to keep the crust from puffing up: weights.
Translations
without looking at the cards
References
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch blind , from Middle Dutch blint , from Old Dutch *blint , from Proto-Germanic *blindaz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
blind (attributive blinde , comparative blinder , superlative blindste )
blind (unable to see)
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse blindr , from Proto-Germanic *blindaz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
blind
blind
Inflection
Inflection of blind
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Indefinte common singular
blind
mere blind
mest blind 2
Indefinite neuter singular
blindt
mere blind
mest blind 2
Plural
blinde
mere blind
mest blind 2
Definite attributive1
blinde
mere blind
mest blinde
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch blint , from Old Dutch *blint , from Proto-West Germanic *blind , from Proto-Germanic *blindaz .
Adjective
blind (comparative blinder , superlative blindst )
blind (unable to see)
Hij is sinds zijn geboorte blind . He has been blind since his birth.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From blinden .
Alternative forms
Noun
blind n (plural blinden , diminutive blindje n )
window shutter
Synonym: luik
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German blint , from Proto-West Germanic *blind .
Pronunciation
Adjective
blind (strong nominative masculine singular blinder , comparative blinder , superlative am blindesten )
blind
blind für Realität ― blind to reality
blind auf einem Auge ― blind in one eye
( of a mirror or windowpane ) cloudy
1918 , Elisabeth von Heyking , Die Orgelpfeifen , in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
So dunkel und schauerlich die Gruft aussah, wenn man durch die blinden , bestaubten Scheibchen der kleinen Fenster hineinblickte, so hell und freundlich war oben die Kirche. Just as dark and eerie the crypt looked like, if one looked in it through the cloudy, dusted little panes of the small windows, as bright and friendly was the church above.
Declension
Comparative forms of blind
Superlative forms of blind
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
“blind ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“blind ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“blind ” in Duden online
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German blint , from Old Saxon blind . Cognate to Dutch blind , German blind .
Adjective
blind (comparative blinner , superlative blinnst )
blind
Declension
Positive forms of blind
gender
singular
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
all genders
predicative
he is blind
se is blind
dat is blind
se sünd blind
partitive
een Blinns
een Blinns
wat Blinns
allens Blinn
strong declension (without article)
nominative
blinne
blinne
blind
blinne
oblique
blinnen
blinne
blind
blinne
weak declension (with definite article)
nominative
de blinne
de blinne
dat blinne
de blinnen
oblique
den blinnen
de blinne
dat blinne
de blinnen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)
nominative
en blinne/blinnen
en blinne
en blind/blinnet
(keen) blinnen
oblique
en blinnen
en blinne
en blind/blinnet
(keen) blinnen
Comparative forms of blind
gender
singular
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
all genders
predicative
he is blinner
se is blinner
dat is blinner
se sünd blinner
partitive
een blinners
een blinners
wat blinners
allens blinner
strong declension (without article)
nominative
blinnere
blinnere
blinner
blinnere
oblique
blinnern
blinnere
blinner
blinnere
weak declension (with definite article)
nominative
de blinnere
de blinnere
dat blinnere
de blinnern
oblique
den blinnern
de blinnere
dat blinnere
de blinnern
mixed declension (with indefinite article)
nominative
en blinnere/blinneren
en blinnere
en blinner
(keen) blinnern
oblique
en blinnern
en blinnere
en blinner
(keen) blinnern
Superlative forms of blind
gender
singular
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
all genders
predicative
he is de Blinnste
se is de Blinnste
dat is dat Blinnste
se sünd de Blinnsten
strong declension (without article)
nominative
blinnste
blinnste
blinnst
blinnste
oblique
blinnsten
blinnste
blinnst
blinnste
weak declension (with definite article)
nominative
de blinnste
de blinnste
dat blinnste
de blinnsten
oblique
den blinnsten
de blinnste
dat blinnste
de blinnsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)
nominative
en blinnste/blinnsten
en blinnste
en blinnst
(keen) blinnsten
oblique
en blinnsten
en blinnste
en blinnst
(keen) blinnsten
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Icelandic
Adjective
blind
inflection of blindur :
feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
neuter plural accusative strong positive degree
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse blindr , from Proto-Germanic *blindaz .
Adjective
blind (neuter singular blindt , definite singular and plural blinde )
blind
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse blindr , from Proto-Germanic *blindaz . Akin to English blind .
Pronunciation
Adjective
blind (neuter blindt , definite singular and plural blinde , comparative blindare , indefinite superlative blindast , definite superlative blindaste )
blind
Derived terms
Verb
blind
imperative of blinda
References
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blind .
Pronunciation
Adjective
blind
blind
blind , dēaf, and dumbblind , deaf, and dumb
( substantive ) a blind person
Declension
Declension of blind — Strong
Declension of blind — Weak
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blind .
Adjective
blind
blind
Declension
Positive forms of blind
Strong declension
gender
masculine
feminine
neuter
case
singular
plural
singular
plural
singular
plural
nominative
blind
blinde , blinda
blind
blinda
blind
blind , blinda
accusative
blindan , blinden
blinda , blinde
blinda
blinda
blind
blind , blinda
genitive
blindes , blindas
blindaro , blindoro , blindero
blindara , blindaro
blindaro , blindoro , blindero
blindes , blindas
blindaro , blindoro , blindero
dative
blindumu , blindum , blindun , blindun , blindon , blinden , blindan
blindun , blindon , blindum
blindaro , blindaru , blindara
blindun , blindon
blindumu , blindum , blindun , blindun , blindon , blinden , blindan
blindun , blindon , blindum
Weak declension
gender
masculine
feminine
neuter
case
singular
plural
singular
plural
singular
plural
nominative
blindo , blinda
blindon , blindun
blinda , blinde
blindon , blindun , blindan
blinda , blinde
blindon , blindun
accusative
blindon , blindan
blindon , blindun
blindun , blindon , blindan
blindon , blindun , blindan
blinda , blinde
blindon , blindun
genitive
blinden , blindan
blindono , blindeno
blindun , blindan , blinden
blindono
blinden , blindan
blindono , blindeno
dative
blindon , blinden , blindan
blindon , blindun
blindun , blindan
blindon , blindun
blindon , blinden , blindan
blindon , blindun
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish blinder , from Old Norse blindr , from Proto-Germanic *blindaz .
Adjective
blind (comparative blindare , superlative blindast )
blind ; unable or failing to see
Declension
Derived terms
See also
References