blenden

See also: Blenden

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛndə(n)/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

blenden

  1. (transitive, archaic) to blind
Inflection
Inflection of blenden (weak)
infinitive blenden
past singular blendde
past participle geblend
infinitive blenden
gerund blenden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blendblendde
2nd person sing. (jij) blendtblendde
2nd person sing. (u) blendtblendde
2nd person sing. (gij) blendtblendde
3rd person singular blendtblendde
plural blendenblendden
subjunctive sing.1 blendeblendde
subjunctive plur.1 blendenblendden
imperative sing. blend
imperative plur.1 blendt
participles blendendgeblend
1) Archaic.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English blend.

Verb

blenden

  1. (transitive) to mix in a blender, to blend
Inflection
Inflection of blenden (weak)
infinitive blenden
past singular blendde
past participle geblend
infinitive blenden
gerund blenden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blendblendde
2nd person sing. (jij) blendtblendde
2nd person sing. (u) blendtblendde
2nd person sing. (gij) blendtblendde
3rd person singular blendtblendde
plural blendenblendden
subjunctive sing.1 blendeblendde
subjunctive plur.1 blendenblendden
imperative sing. blend
imperative plur.1 blendt
participles blendendgeblend
1) Archaic.
Synonyms

German

Etymology

From Old High German blenten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛndən/, [ˈblɛndn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: blen‧den

Verb

blenden (third-person singular simple 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, figuratively) 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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