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. ==== Verb ==== blenden (transitive, archaic) to blind ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (to blind): verblinden === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English blend. ==== Verb ==== blenden (transitive) to mix in a blender, to blend ===== Conjugation ===== ===== 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] Hyphenation: blen‧den === Verb === blenden (weak, third-person singular present blendet, past tense blendete, past participle geblendet, auxiliary haben) (transitive, 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== blind === Further reading === “blenden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “blenden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “blenden” in Duden online “blenden” in OpenThesaurus.de