Blende
German, noun
Blende is spelled B-L-E-N-D-E (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blende is a German feminine noun meaning “sun visor; also called Sonnenblende” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, blende is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Bauteil bei optischen Instrumenten und Apparaten”.
What does Blende mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesun visor; also called Sonnenblende
- 2
femininediaphragm (in photography)
- 3
femininetranslucent sulfide mineral
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Bauteil bei optischen Instrumenten und Apparaten 2. eine Leiste, die etwas verdeckt oder schützt 3. ein Sammelbegriff für glänzendes Mineral
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 Blende
- Blenden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Blende
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Blende in German?
Blende appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).