blind
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- (archaic) blinde
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old English blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Akin to German blind, Old High German blint.
Adjective [edit]
blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindest)
- (not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island,
- He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island,
- (not comparable, of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
- The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.
- (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility; as, a blind corner.
- (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.
- (not comparable) Without opening; as, a blind wall.
- smallest or slightest in phrases such as
- I shouted, but he didn't take a blind bit of notice.
- We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.
- (not comparable) without any prior knowledge.
- He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.
- (not comparable) unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
- blind deference
- blind punishment
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Noun [edit]
blind (plural blinds)
- A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 12, Crime out of Mind[1]:
- Light filtered in through the blinds of the french windows. It made tremulous stripes along the scrubbed pine floor.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 12, Crime out of Mind[1]:
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
- (poker) A forced bet.
- (poker) A player who is or was forced to make a bet.
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- (destination sign): rollsign (mainly US)
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Verb [edit]
blind (third-person singular simple present blinds, present participle blinding, simple past and past participle blinded)
- (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.
- Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?
- (slang, obsolete) To curse.
- 1890, Kipling, The Young British Soldier
- If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
- Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
- Be handy and civil, and then you will find
- That it's beer for the young British soldier.
- 1890, Kipling, The Young British Soldier
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Adverb [edit]
blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)
- Without seeing; unseeingly.
- (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.
Translations [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective [edit]
blind c (neuter blindt, plural and definite blinde, comparative blindere, superlative blindest)
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪnt
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective [edit]
blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindst)
- blind (unable to see)
Declension [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From blinden.
Alternative forms [edit]
- blinde f
Noun [edit]
blind n (plural blinden, diminutive blindje)
- window shutter
Synonyms [edit]
German [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old High German blint, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /blɪnt/
Adjective [edit]
blind (comparative blinder, superlative am blindesten)
- blind
- (of a mirror or windowpane) cloudy
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
- So dunkel und schauerlich die Gruft aussah, wenn man durch die blinden, bestaubten Scheibchen der kleinen Fenster hineinblickte, so hell und freundlich war oben die Kirche.
- Just as dark and eerie the crypt looked like, if one looked in it through the cloudy, dusted little panes of the small windows, as bright and friendly was the church above.
- So dunkel und schauerlich die Gruft aussah, wenn man durch die blinden, bestaubten Scheibchen der kleinen Fenster hineinblickte, so hell und freundlich war oben die Kirche.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
Derived terms [edit]
Declension [edit]
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist blind | sie ist blind | es ist blind | sie sind blind | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blinder | blinde | blindes | blinde |
| genitive | blinden | blinder | blinden | blinder | |
| dative | blindem | blinder | blindem | blinden | |
| accusative | blinden | blinde | blindes | blinde | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blinde | die blinde | das blinde | die blinden |
| genitive | des blinden | der blinden | des blinden | der blinden | |
| dative | dem blinden | der blinden | dem blinden | den blinden | |
| accusative | den blinden | die blinde | das blinde | die blinden | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blinder | eine blinde | ein blindes | (keine) blinden |
| genitive | eines blinden | einer blinden | eines blinden | (keiner) blinden | |
| dative | einem blinden | einer blinden | einem blinden | (keinen) blinden | |
| accusative | einen blinden | eine blinde | ein blindes | (keine) blinden | |
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist blinder | sie ist blinder | es ist blinder | sie sind blinder | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blinderer | blindere | blinderes | blindere |
| genitive | blinderen | blinderer | blinderen | blinderer | |
| dative | blinderem | blinderer | blinderem | blinderen | |
| accusative | blinderen | blindere | blinderes | blindere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blindere | die blindere | das blindere | die blinderen |
| genitive | des blinderen | der blinderen | des blinderen | der blinderen | |
| dative | dem blinderen | der blinderen | dem blinderen | den blinderen | |
| accusative | den blinderen | die blindere | das blindere | die blinderen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blinderer | eine blindere | ein blinderes | (keine) blinderen |
| genitive | eines blinderen | einer blinderen | eines blinderen | (keiner) blinderen | |
| dative | einem blinderen | einer blinderen | einem blinderen | (keinen) blinderen | |
| accusative | einen blinderen | eine blindere | ein blinderes | (keine) blinderen | |
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am blindesten | sie ist am blindesten | es ist am blindesten | sie sind am blindesten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blindester | blindeste | blindestes | blindeste |
| genitive | blindesten | blindester | blindesten | blindester | |
| dative | blindestem | blindester | blindestem | blindesten | |
| accusative | blindesten | blindeste | blindestes | blindeste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blindeste | die blindeste | das blindeste | die blindesten |
| genitive | des blindesten | der blindesten | des blindesten | der blindesten | |
| dative | dem blindesten | der blindesten | dem blindesten | den blindesten | |
| accusative | den blindesten | die blindeste | das blindeste | die blindesten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blindester | eine blindeste | ein blindestes | (keine) blindesten |
| genitive | eines blindesten | einer blindesten | eines blindesten | (keiner) blindesten | |
| dative | einem blindesten | einer blindesten | einem blindesten | (keinen) blindesten | |
| accusative | einen blindesten | eine blindeste | ein blindestes | (keine) blindesten | |
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Norwegian Bokmål [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective [edit]
blind m and f (neuter blindt, plural blinde)
Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective [edit]
blind m and f (neuter blindt, plural blinde)
Old Saxon [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective [edit]
blind
Declension [edit]
| Strong declension | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | blind | blinde | blind | blinde | blind | blindu |
| accusative | blindan | blinde | blind | blinde | blinda | blindu |
| genitive | blindes | blindarō | blindes | blindarō | blindaro | blindarō |
| dative | blindumu | blindum | blindumu | blindum | blindaro | blindum |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | blindo | blindu | blinda | blindu | blinda | blindu |
| accusative | blindun | blindun | blinda | blindun | blindun | blindun |
| genitive | blindun | blindonō | blindun | blindonō | blindun | blindonō |
| dative | blindun | blindum | blindun | blindum | blindun | blindum |
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
blind
- blind; unable or failing to see
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English adjectives
- English nouns
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- English slang
- en:Poker
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English adverbs
- en:Transport
- en:Vision
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish adjectives
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch nouns
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon adjectives
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish adjectives