blöd

Meaning

1. stupid, dim-witted
2. (obsolete) shy, timid

Concepts

stupid

dumb

useless

foolish

dull

absurd

silly

wacky

ridiculous

inane

daft

zany

idiotic

moron

naff

nonsense

rash

unreasonable

witless

airheaded

dull-minded

shit-for-brains

absurdity

addled

asinine

brainless

brute

brutish

corny

dim-witted

excessive

fatuous

gormless

Opposite of

gescheit, klug, schlau

Synonyms

dumm

doof

albern

töricht

einfältig

idiotisch

blödsinnig

lächerlich

unsinnig

dämlich

bescheuert

blöde

närrisch

Narr

beschränkt

Dummkopf

bekloppt

stupid

minderbemittelt

unterbelichtet

beknackt

stumpfsinnig

schlecht

👎

nicht erwünscht

dümmlich

unerfreulich

unangenehm

nicht intelligent

lästig

schlicht

läppisch

Banane

🍌

trottelig

stupide

irrsinnig

strohdumm

Strickjacke

störend

Idiot

deppert

stockdumm

simpel

Schwachsinniger

schwachsinnig

hohl

Schwachkopf

schrecklich

unbegabt

schmalspurig

schlimm

👎

Translations

stupido

idiot

tonto

imbécile

stupide

estúpido

tonto

idiota

estúpido

bobo

dom

idiota

stom

🔇

imbécil

bête

Dialects

Zürich

blöd

Basel-Landschaft

bleed

Zürich

blööd

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bløːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: blöde

Inherited from Old High German: blōdi

Cognate with Old English: blēaþ

Cognate with English: blate

Cognate with Danish: blød

In summary

From Middle High German blode, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaz, *blauþaz (“weak, soft, timid”).
Cognate with Old English blēaþ (“gentle, shy, cowardly, timid; slothful, inactive, effeminate”), English blate (“bashful, stupid”) and bloat (“be swollen, be worthless”) and Danish blød (“soft”).