blenden
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛndə(n)/
- Hyphenation: blen‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛndən
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *blenden, from Proto-Germanic *blandijaną.
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Synonyms
- (to blind): verblinden
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Synonyms
- (to blend): mixen
German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German blenten, from Proto-Germanic *blandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)