blenden
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See also: Blenden
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch blenden, from Old Dutch *blenden, from Proto-Germanic *blandijaną.
Verb
blenden
- (transitive, archaic) to blind
Conjugation
| Conjugation of blenden (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blenden | |||
| past singular | blendde | |||
| past participle | geblend | |||
| infinitive | blenden | |||
| gerund | blenden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blend | blendde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blendt, blend2 | blendde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blendt | blendde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blendt | blendde | ||
| 3rd person singular | blendt | blendde | ||
| plural | blenden | blendden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blende | blendde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blenden | blendden | ||
| imperative sing. | blend | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blendt | |||
| participles | blendend | geblend | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Synonyms
- (to blind): verblinden
Etymology 2
Verb
blenden
- (transitive) to mix in a blender, to blend
Conjugation
| Conjugation of blenden (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blenden | |||
| past singular | blendde | |||
| past participle | geblend | |||
| infinitive | blenden | |||
| gerund | blenden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blend | blendde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blendt, blend2 | blendde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blendt | blendde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blendt | blendde | ||
| 3rd person singular | blendt | blendde | ||
| plural | blenden | blendden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blende | blendde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blenden | blendden | ||
| imperative sing. | blend | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blendt | |||
| participles | blendend | geblend | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Synonyms
- (to blend): mixen
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
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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