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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blundren , blondren ( verb ) and blunder , blonder ( “ disturbance, strife ” ) , from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren , a frequentative form of Middle English blonden , blanden ( "to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er ) ; and partly from Middle English blundren , a frequentative form of Middle English blunden ( “ to stagger; stumble ” ) , from Old Norse blunda ( “ to shut the eyes; doze ” ) . Cognates include Norwegian blunda ( “ to shut the eyes; doze ” ) , dialectal Swedish blundra ( “ to act blindly or rashly ” ) , Danish blunde ( “ to blink ” ) or blunde ( “ to take a nap ” ) , Icelandic blunda ( “ to nap; doze ” ) . Related to English blind .
Pronunciation
Noun
blunder (plural blunders )
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake .
( chess ) A very bad move , usually caused by some tactical oversight .
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Translations
mistake
Bulgarian: груба грешка f ( gruba greška ) , пропуск (bg) m ( propusk )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 错误 (zh) ( cuòwù )
Dutch: blunder (nl) m
Finnish: kommellus (fi) , kömmähdys (fi) , munaus (fi) , töppäys , haksahdus (fi)
French: ( colloquial ) gaffe (fr) f , ( colloquial ) impair (fr) m , faux pas (fr) m , maladresse (fr) f , bourde (fr) f
German: Patzer (de) m , Schnitzer (de) m , Fehler (de) m , Fehlgriff (de) m , Mißgriff (de) m , Fauxpas (de) m , Fehlleistung (de) f , Ungeschicklichkeit (de) f , Fehltritt (de) m , Versehen (de) n
Greek: ( colloquial ) γκάφα (el) f ( gkáfa ) σφάλμα (el) n ( sfálma ) , λάθος (el) n ( láthos ) , παραδρομή (el) f ( paradromí )
Hebrew: פַּאֲשְׁלָה m ( pashlah )
Hungarian: baklövés (hu) , szarvashiba (hu)
Italian: abbaglio (it) m , strafalcione (it) m , cantonata (it) , sfondone m , svarione m , topica (it) f
Japanese: へま (ja) ( hema ) , ポカ (ja) ( poka )
Macedonian: кикс m ( kiks ) , ла́псус m ( lápsus ) , про́пуст m ( própust ) , гаф m ( gaf )
Maori: pōkaku , hēnga , paheketanga
Marathi: घोडचूक f ( ghoḍcūk )
Polish: gafa (pl) f
Portuguese: erro (pt) m , confusão (pt) m , gafe (pt) f , mico (pt) m , pontapé (pt) m
Russian: ляп (ru) m ( ljap ) , ля́псус (ru) m ( ljápsus ) , проко́л (ru) m ( prokól ) , про́мах (ru) m ( prómax ) , просчёт (ru) m ( prosčót ) , зево́к (ru) m ( zevók )
Serbo-Croatian: kiks (sh) m , кикс m
Spanish: error (es) m , ( Chile ) condoro (es) m , ( Colombia ) descache (es) m , torpeza (es) f , desliz (es) m , error garrafal m , ( Latin America ) metida de pata (es) f , tropiezo (es) m , desatino (es) , topinada f , mote (es) m
Swedish: blunder (sv) c , tabbe (sv) c , tavla (sv) c
Turkish: hata (tr)
Verb
blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders , present participle blundering , simple past and past participle blundered )
( intransitive ) To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
to blunder in preparing a medical prescription
( intransitive ) To move blindly or clumsily .
October 6, 1759 , Oliver Goldsmith , The Bee No. 1
I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.
( transitive ) To cause to make a mistake.
1714 , Humphry Ditton , A discourse concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ :To blunder an adversary.
( transitive ) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
1676 , Edward Stillingfleet , A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome :He blunders and confounds all these together.
( chess , intransitive ) To make a very bad move.
( chess , transitive ) To make a very bad move and thereby cause the loss of (a piece).
Derived terms
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Descendants
Translations
To make a stupid mistake
Bulgarian: правя груби грешки ( pravja grubi greški )
Dutch: blunderen (nl) , een flater slaan , een bok schieten , miskleunen (nl) , flateren (nl)
French: faire une gaffe , gaffer (fr) , fauter (fr) , se tromper (fr) , se planter (fr) ( familiar )
German: patzen (de) , einen Bock schießen , danebengreifen , vermasseln (de) , murksen (de) , vermurksen (de) , pfuschen (de) , Mist bauen , sich blamieren
Greek: σφάλλω (el) ( sfállo )
Hungarian: bakot lő
Italian: sbagliare (it) , prendere una cantonata , prendere un abbaglio , sgarrare (it) , errare (it) , toppare , spropositare (it)
Marathi: घोडचूक करणे ( ghoḍcūk karṇe )
Portuguese: cometer erro , fazer (pt) besteira (pt) , atrapalhar-se
Russian: ля́пнуть (ru) pf ( ljápnutʹ ) (esp. say somethin inappropriate), лопухну́ться (ru) pf ( lopuxnútʹsja ) , ( slang ) лажа́ться impf ( lažátʹsja ) , облажа́ться (ru) pf ( oblažátʹsja )
Sanskrit: स्रेधति ( sredhati )
Spanish: meter la pata (es)
Volapük: pökön (vo)
To move blindly or clumsily
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Danish
Verb
blunder
present of blunde
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English blunder , from Middle English blonder , blundur ( “ disturbance, strife ” ) , from Old Norse blunda ( “ to shut the eyes ” ) . Related to blind .
Noun
blunder m (plural blunders , diminutive blundertje n )
a blunder , serious error or mistake
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
blunder
inflection of blunderen :
first-person singular present indicative
(in case of inversion ) second-person singular present indicative
imperative
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English blunder . According to SO attested since 1837.
Noun
blunder c
blunder ( clumsy mistake )
( chess ) A blunder ; a very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
Synonyms: ?? , bortsättning , misstag
Declension
See also
tabbe ( “ blunder; mistake ” )
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