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blad

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See also: błąd, Błąd, blað, and blæd

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch blad. Doublet of blaar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

blad

  1. perfect participle of blehn

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

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
More information neuter gender, singular ...
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

See blade (“to turn over pages”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

blad

  1. imperative of blade
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Dutch

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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
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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
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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian blad (literally “blown up”); see blühen (“to bloom, blow up”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (Austria, colloquial, derogatory) fat

Declension

Positive forms of blad
More information number & gender, singular ...
Comparative forms of blad
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Superlative forms of blad
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Further reading

  • “blad” in Duden online
  • “blad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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 blad (andre betydninger) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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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

References

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

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

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Swedish

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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

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]‎:
      ["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 (on a tool, device, weapon, or the like)
    Synonym: (on a larger tool or weapon, like a sword) 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

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

References

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-?
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

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