verblenden
German, verb
verblenden is spelled V-E-R-B-L-E-N-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verblenden is a German verb meaning “to blind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verblenden is a different word: “gerund of verblenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei jemandem die Sinneswahrnehmung trüben, die Fähigkeit zur klaren Erkenntnis nehmen”.
What does verblenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blind
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verblenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bei jemandem die Sinneswahrnehmung trüben, die Fähigkeit zur klaren Erkenntnis nehmen 2. eine Fläche mit einer ansehnlicheren Oberfläche verkleiden
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 verblenden
- verblendet present singular third-person
- verblendete past
- haben auxiliary
- verblendend participle present
- verblende first-person indicative present
- verblendest indicative present second-person
- verblendeten first-person indicative plural
- verblendetest indicative preterite second-person
- verblendetet indicative plural preterite
- verblend imperative second-person singular
- habe verblendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verblendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verblend! imperative singular
- verblende! imperative singular
- verblendet! imperative plural
- verblendet haben active infinitive perfect
- verblendet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verblendet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verblenden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verblenden in German?
verblenden appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).