bland
German, adjective[blant]
bland is a German adjective meaning “bland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mild, reizlos; zum Beispiel auch als Beschreibung einer Schonkost bei einer Diät: schonend”.
What does bland mean in English?
adjective
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bland
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mild, reizlos; zum Beispiel auch als Beschreibung einer Schonkost bei einer Diät: schonend 2. nicht entzündlich; Beschreibung des Krankheitsverlaufs als harmlos/ ruhig verlaufend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bland
- blander masculine nominative singular
- blande feminine nominative singular
- blandes neuter nominative singular
- blanden genitive masculine singular
- blandem dative masculine singular
- der blande definite includes-article masculine
- die blande definite feminine includes-article
- das blande definite includes-article neuter
- die blanden definite includes-article nominative
- des blanden definite genitive includes-article
- der blanden definite feminine genitive
- dem blanden dative definite includes-article
- den blanden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bland?
- [blant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bland in German?
bland appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).