bloed

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) blood
2. (figuratively, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) a grave consequence, a high price
3. (metonymically, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) a whole body; especially (plural also (archaic) bloeien in this sense) a (poor) person

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of bloeden:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of bloeden:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of bloeden:

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bloeden

to bleed

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Concepts

blood

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bloodshed

gore

hematic

blood cells

of blood

Synonyms

aderen

bloedbad

bloedvergieten

hecatombe

massaslachting

moordpartij

slachting

bloedoffer

Translations

Blut

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sang

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sangue

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sangre

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sangue

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sanguis

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sang

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kan

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αίμα

sang

دم

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xwîn

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cruor

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xûn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blut/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: bloet

Inherited from Old Dutch: bluot

Cognate with Western Frisian: bloed

Cognate with English: blood

Cognate with German: Blut

Cognate with Danish: blod

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-?
Proto-Germanic *blōþą
Proto-West Germanic *blōd
Old Dutch bluot
Middle Dutch bloet
Dutch bloed
From Middle Dutch bloet, from Old Dutch bluot, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą. Cognate with West Frisian bloed, English blood, German Blut, Danish blod.

Sentences

De dokter kwam langs omdat hij wat bloed moest afnemen .

The doctor came by because he had to take some blood.