blunder

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend +‎ -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈblʌn.də(ɹ)/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈblʌn.dɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ) Hyphenation: blun‧der === Noun === blunder (plural blunders) A clumsy or embarrassing mistake. (chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight. Synonym: (symbol) ?? (obsolete) Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour. [ca. 1375–1774] ==== Synonyms ==== (error): blooper, goof, howler; see also Thesaurus:error ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: blunder → Swedish: blunder ==== Translations ==== === Verb === blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders, present participle blundering, simple past and past participle blundered) (intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. [from 1706] (chess, backgammon, intransitive) To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight. (chess, transitive) To lose a piece due to having made a bad move [with the piece lost]. (chess, transitive) To overlook the possibility of, or end up in, a specified undesirable situation after making a bad move. (intransitive, sometimes figurative, with adverb or preposition) To move in an unsteady way. [from ca. 1386, figurative sense from 1641] October 6, 1759, Oliver Goldsmith, The Bee No. 1 I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. (intransitive, with adverb or preposition) To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake. (transitive, obsolete) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: blunderen ==== Translations ==== === References === “blunder” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “blunder, v.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “blunder, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === bundler, Brundle, Ledburn == Danish == === Verb === blunder present of blunde == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblʏn.dər/ Hyphenation: blun‧der Rhymes: -ʏndər === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English blunder, from Middle English blonder, blundur (“disturbance, strife”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes”). Related to blind. ==== Noun ==== blunder m (plural blunders, diminutive blundertje n) a blunder, serious error or mistake ===== Related terms ===== blunderen === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== blunder inflection of blunderen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === brulden == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blunder. According to SO attested since 1837. === Noun === blunder c blunder (clumsy mistake) (chess) A blunder; a very bad move, especially caused by some tactical oversight. Synonyms: ??, bortsättning, misstag ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “blunder”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)