blenden
- (intransitive, transitive, weak) to dazzle; to blind (confuse someone’s sight by means of excessive brightness)
- (figuratively, intransitive, usually, weak) to show off; to pose (try to make an impression on someone by behaving affectedly and/or overstating one’s achievements)
- (historical, literary, transitive, weak) to blind (punish someone by making them blind)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈblɛndən/
Etymology
In summary
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.
blind machen
mit Blindheit schlagen
Blendwirkung ausüben auf
der Einsicht berauben
des Augenlichts berauben
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