blenden
See also: Blenden
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛndə(n)/
- Hyphenation: blen‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛndən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch blenden, from Old Dutch *blenden, from Proto-Germanic *blandijaną.
Inflection
Synonyms
- (to blind): verblinden
Inflection
Synonyms
- (to blend): mixen
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/, [ˈblɛndn̩]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: blen‧den
Verb
blenden (weak, third-person singular present blendet, past tense blendete, past participle geblendet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to dazzle; to blind (confuse someone’s sight by means of excessive brightness)
- (usually intransitive, figurative) to show off; to pose (try to make an impression on someone by behaving affectedly and/or overstating one’s achievements)
- (transitive, literary, chiefly historical) to blind (punish someone by making them blind)
Conjugation
infinitive | blenden | ||||
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present participle | blendend | ||||
past participle | geblendet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich blende | wir blenden | i | ich blende | wir blenden |
du blendest | ihr blendet | du blendest | ihr blendet | ||
er blendet | sie blenden | er blende | sie blenden | ||
preterite | ich blendete | wir blendeten | ii | ich blendete1 | wir blendeten1 |
du blendetest | ihr blendetet | du blendetest1 | ihr blendetet1 | ||
er blendete | sie blendeten | er blendete1 | sie blendeten1 | ||
imperative | blend (du) blende (du) |
blendet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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