blad

See also: Appendix:Variations of "blad"

English

Alternative forms

• blaud (Scotland)

Etymology

Apparently from a dialectal variant of blade. Compare Danish blad (“leaf”), Swedish blad (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Australia):

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Noun

blad (plural blads)

1. (Scotland) A portfolio.
2. (Scotland) A blotting book or blotting pad.
3. (Scotland) A fragment or lump.
4. (Australia, wholesale, food trade) A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product (usually confectionery or soft drink) available from a wholesaler.

Anagrams

• ABDL, Bald, DLAB, bald

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch blad. Doublet of blaar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blɐt]

• Audio:

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Noun

blad (plural blaaie, diminutive blaadjie)

1. page
2. sheet of paper
3. (informal) newspaper, pamphlet
4. shoulder blade

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• blaad (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥lɑːd̥/

Verb

blad

1. perfect participle of blahn

Adjective

blad

1. (Austria, Vienna, derogatory) fat, corpulent

   Synonyms: ausgfressn, gfüd, stoak

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blad/, [b̥lað]
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

blad n (singular definite bladet, plural indefinite blade)

1. leaf
2. petal
3. blade
4. sheet
5. newspaper, paper
6. periodical
7. magazine

Inflection

Declension of blad

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blad	bladet	blade	bladene
genitive	blads	bladets	blades	bladenes

Derived terms

• blade
• bladre

See also

• blad on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See blade (“to turn over pages”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːd/, [b̥laːˀð], [b̥laðˀ]

Verb

blad

1. imperative of blade

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: blad
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.

Proto-Germanic *bladą

Proto-West Germanic *blad

Old Dutch *blat

Middle Dutch blat

Dutch blad

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃-. Compare German Blatt, English blade.

Noun

blad n (plural bladeren or (rare) bladen or (dialectal, archaic, poetic) blaren, diminutive blaadje n)

1. a leaf (of a plant)

   Synonym: loof

   De bladeren begonnen al te verkleuren en enkele zijn reeds gevallen. ― The leaves began to change colour already and some have already fallen off.

   Die olifant lust wel een groen blaadje. ― That elephant would like to eat a green leaf.

Noun

blad n (plural bladen, diminutive blaadje n)

1. a sheet of paper, leaf (in a book)

   Synonym: vel

   Steek je hand op als je een nieuw blad nodig hebt. ― Raise your hand if you need a new sheet of paper.

2. a page

   Synonyms: bladzijde, pagina

3. a magazine or other periodical publication

   Heb je dat nieuwe blad over lokale podiumkunst al gelezen? ― Have you already read that new magazine about local performing arts?

4. the flat section on the upper side of a table or desk

   Synonyms: bureaublad, tafelblad

   Omdat mijn lamp erop viel zit er een diepe deuk in het blad. ― There is a deep dent in the tabletop, because my lamp fell on it.

5. the broad, flat blade of a weapon or tool; a blade

   Synonyms: lemmet, mes

   Het blad van het zwaard was zeer roestig. ― The blade of the sword was very rusty.

Derived terms

• aanrechtblad
• bladachtig
• bladerdeeg
• bladerdek
• bladerloos
• bladgoud
• bladgroen
• bladgroente
• bladkever
• bladkoning
• bladloos
• bladluis
• bladmos
• bladmuziek
• bladrozet
• bladschede
• bladtin
• bladverliezend
• bladvormig
• bladwijzer
• bladzilver
• bloemblad
• dagblad
• dikbladig
• geen blad voor de mond nemen
• huis-aan-huisblad
• jaarblad
• kelkblad
• kiemblad
• klaverblad
• kroonblad
• kruisbladig
• maandblad
• modeblad
• ontbladeren
• rozetblad
• ruwbladig
• schutblad
• staatsblad
• tafelblad
• weekblad

plant taxa

• donderblad
• duizendblad
• fluweelblad
• heelblaadjes
• hoefblad
• hoornblad
• kartelblad
• kransblad
• kruisbladwolfsmelk
• lepelblad
• schildblad
• vakblad
• vetblad
• waterdrieblad
• zaagblad
• zevenblad

Related terms

• lover

Descendants

• Afrikaans: blad
• Afrikaans: blaar (back-formed from the plural)
• Berbice Creole Dutch: blaru (from the plural)
• Jersey Dutch: blât
• Negerhollands: blaaer, blaër (from the plural)
• → Caribbean Javanese: blatye (from the diminutive)
• → Indonesian: belat
• → Papiamentu: blachi (from the diminutive), blaadsji, blaadji, blat
• → Sranan Tongo: blat

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch blāt. Possibly related to French blé (“wheat”), itself of Frankish/Germanic origin.

Noun

blad n (plural bladen, no diminutive)

1. (obsolete) a usufruct (right to make use or derive profit from somebody else's property)

Alternative forms

• blaad (obsolete)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian blad (literally “blown up”). Doublet of gebläht.

Pronunciation

• (Austria) IPA^(key): /b̥laːd̥/

Adjective

blad (strong nominative masculine singular blader, comparative blader, superlative am bladesten)

1. (Austria, colloquial, derogatory) fat

Declension

Positive forms of blad number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist blad sie ist blad es ist blad sie sind blad strong declension (without article) nominative blader blade blades blade genitive bladen blader bladen blader dative bladem blader bladem bladen accusative bladen blade blades blade weak declension (with definite article) nominative der blade die blade das blade die bladen genitive des bladen der bladen des bladen der bladen dative dem bladen der bladen dem bladen den bladen accusative den bladen die blade das blade die bladen mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein blader eine blade ein blades (keine) bladen genitive eines bladen einer bladen eines bladen (keiner) bladen dative einem bladen einer bladen einem bladen (keinen) bladen accusative einen bladen eine blade ein blades (keine) bladen Comparative forms of blad number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist blader sie ist blader es ist blader sie sind blader strong declension (without article) nominative bladerer bladere bladeres bladere genitive bladeren bladerer bladeren bladerer dative bladerem bladerer bladerem bladeren accusative bladeren bladere bladeres bladere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der bladere die bladere das bladere die bladeren genitive des bladeren der bladeren des bladeren der bladeren dative dem bladeren der bladeren dem bladeren den bladeren accusative den bladeren die bladere das bladere die bladeren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein bladerer eine bladere ein bladeres (keine) bladeren genitive eines bladeren einer bladeren eines bladeren (keiner) bladeren dative einem bladeren einer bladeren einem bladeren (keinen) bladeren accusative einen bladeren eine bladere ein bladeres (keine) bladeren Superlative forms of blad number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am bladesten sie ist am bladesten es ist am bladesten sie sind am bladesten strong declension (without article) nominative bladester bladeste bladestes bladeste genitive bladesten bladester bladesten bladester dative bladestem bladester bladestem bladesten accusative bladesten bladeste bladestes bladeste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der bladeste die bladeste das bladeste die bladesten genitive des bladesten der bladesten des bladesten der bladesten dative dem bladesten der bladesten dem bladesten den bladesten accusative den bladesten die bladeste das bladeste die bladesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein bladester eine bladeste ein bladestes (keine) bladesten genitive eines bladesten einer bladesten eines bladesten (keiner) bladesten dative einem bladesten einer bladesten einem bladesten (keinen) bladesten accusative einen bladesten eine bladeste ein bladestes (keine) bladesten

Further reading

• “blad” in Duden online
• “blad”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blaad, bladd, blade
• blayd, blayde (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.

Proto-Germanic *bladą

Proto-West Germanic *blad

Old English blæd

Middle English blad

From Old English blæd, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m.

The form with /aː/ originates from open-syllable lengthening in inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːd/, /blad/

Noun

blad (plural blades or bladdys)

1. A leaf (botanical organ)
2. A blade (edge of a weapon or tool).
3. A blade (slashing or stabbing weapon).
4. (rare) A wooden roofing tile.
5. (rare) The extensions or pincers of an implement.

Derived terms

• bladyn
• blader
• schuldre blad

Descendants

• English: blade; blad
• Scots: blade, blaid, bled

References

• “blā̆d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːd/, /blaː/

Noun

blad n (definite singular bladet, indefinite plural blad or blader, definite plural blada or bladene)

1. a blade (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil)
2. a leaf
3. a newspaper, magazine or periodical

Derived terms

• barberblad
• bladfjær
• bladgull
• bladlus
• bladverk
• bukkeblad
• datablad
• knivblad
• laurbærblad
• lønneblad
• skulderblad
• tittelblad
• vifteblad

References

• “blad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃-.

Noun

blad n (definite singular bladet, indefinite plural blad, definite plural blada)

1. a blade (as above)
2. a leaf
3. a newspaper, magazine or periodical

Derived terms

• barberblad
• bladgull
• bladlus
• bladverk
• bukkeblad
• datablad
• groblad
• knivblad
• laurbærblad
• lønneblad
• skulderblad
• småblad
• tittelblad
• vifteblad

References

• “blad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃-.

Compare Old English blæd, Old Frisian bled, Old High German blat, Old Norse blað.

Noun

blad n

1. leaf

Declension

blad (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	blad	bladu
accusative	blad	bladu
genitive	blades	bladō
dative	blade	bladum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: blat
  • Low German: Blatt
  • Plautdietsch: Blaut

Swedish

olika typer av blad (different types of leaves)

Etymology

From Old Swedish blaþ, from Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with English blade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹blɑːd/, [¹bl̪ɑːd̪]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑːd

Noun

blad n

1. (botany) a leaf (including in the broad sense that includes needles and the like (to botanists and often not to other people, in both Swedish and English – not a technical word in itself))

   Synonyms: (on a tree or bush, not a needle) löv, barr (“needle”)

2. a petal or sepal (on a flower)

   Synonyms: blomblad (“petal or sepal”), kronblad (“petal”), foderblad (“sepal”)

3. a sheet (of paper)

   Synonym: papper (larger, for writing on, printing, or the like)

   Synonyms: ark, pappersark (larger, for writing on)

   1. a page

      Synonym: (the more commonly idiomatic word, including when giving a page number) sida

      vända blad

      turn the page (also used figuratively)

4. (colloquial) a paper ((copy of a) newspaper)

   läsa något i morgonbladet

   read something in the morning paper

   Aftonbladet

   The Evening Paper (large daily tabloid newspaper)

   • 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk, “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person]‎^[2]:

     ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Person satt en morgon vid frukostbordet och läste i morgonbladet att det senaste lustmordet bjöd på en mängd pikanta detaljer. Mördaren hade använt vissa attiraljer. Dessa nämndes i bladet, och det var ju bra det.

     Personal Person sat one morning at the breakfast table and read in the morning paper that the latest lust murder offered a range of piquant details. The killer had used certain paraphernalia. These were mentioned in the paper, and that's good [literally, "and that was good," or – see ju – "and yeah, that was good," "and that was good, of course," or the like].

5. a blade (of a tool, device, weapon, or the like)

   Synonym: (of a larger cutting or stabbing weapon or tool, like a sword, axe, or saw) klinga

   knivens blad

   the blade of the knife

   propellerblad

   propeller blades

6. leaf (thin sheet of material)

   bladguld

   gold leaf

Usage notes

• Leaves from trees on the ground that are raked are idiomatically always löv rather than blad.
• A blade of grass is a grässtrå.

Declension

Declension of blad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	blad	blads
	definite	bladet	bladets
plural	indefinite	blad	blads
	definite	bladen	bladens

Derived terms

• blada
• bladspenat
• bladverk
• groblad
• knivblad
• saxblad
• svärdsblad
• yxblad

References

• “blad”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “blad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “blad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.?

Proto-Germanic *blōþą

Proto-West Germanic *blōd

Old English blōd

Middle English blood

English bloodder.

Torres Strait Creole blad

From English blood.

Noun

blad

1. blood