blad
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- blaud (Scotland)
EtymologyEdit
Apparently from a dialectal variant of blade. Compare Danish blad (“leaf”), Swedish blad (“leaf”).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (AU) (file)
NounEdit
blad (plural blads)
- (Scotland) A portfolio; a blotting-book or blotting-pad.
- (Scotland) A fragment or lump.
- (Australia, wholesale, food trade) A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product available from a wholesaler.
Usage notesEdit
- In Australia, this term is normally only used in the confectionery and soft drink markets.
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch blad. Doublet of blaar.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
BavarianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
blad
AdjectiveEdit
blad
- (Austria, Vienna, derogatory) fat, corpulent
- Synonyms: ausgfressn, gfüd, stoak
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
blad n (singular definite bladet, plural indefinite blade)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
blad on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2Edit
See blade (“to turn over pages”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
blad
- imperative of blade
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-. Compare German Blatt, English blade.
NounEdit
blad n (plural bladeren or (rare) bladen or (dialectal, archaic, poetic) blaren, diminutive blaadje n)
- A leaf (of a plant)
- 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.
- Synonym: loof
NounEdit
blad n (plural bladen, diminutive blaadje n)
- A sheet of paper, leaf (in a book)
- Steek je hand op als je een nieuw blad nodig hebt.
- Raise your hand if you need a new sheet of paper.
- Synonym: vel
- A page
- 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?
- 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.
- The broad, flat blade of a weapon or tool; a blade
Derived termsEdit
- publication
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- 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 2Edit
From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch blāt. Possibly related to French blé (“wheat”), itself of Frankish/Germanic origin.
NounEdit
blad n (plural bladen)
Alternative formsEdit
- blaad (obsolete)
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Bavarian blad (literally “blown up”); see blühen (“to bloom, blow up”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
blad (strong nominative masculine singular blader, comparative blader, superlative am bladesten)
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
Further readingEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
blad
- Alternative form of blade
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
blad n (definite singular bladet, indefinite plural blad or blader, definite plural blada or bladene)
- a blade (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil)
- a leaf
- a newspaper, magazine or periodical
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “blad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.
NounEdit
blad n (definite singular bladet, indefinite plural blad, definite plural blada)
- a blade (as above)
- a leaf
- a newspaper, magazine or periodical
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “blad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.
Compare Old English blæd, Old Frisian bled, Old High German blat, Old Norse blað.
NounEdit
blad n
DeclensionEdit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | blad | bladu |
| accusative | blad | bladu |
| genitive | blades | bladō |
| dative | blade | bladum |
| instrumental | — | — |
DescendantsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish blaþ, from Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃otom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with English blade.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
blad n
- (botany) Blade, leaf; an organ of a plant.
- Leaf, sheet; a piece of paper (including a map sheet)
- Blade; the sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of blad | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | blad | bladet | blad | bladen |
| Genitive | blads | bladets | blads | bladens |
SynonymsEdit
- (an organ of a plant): löv
- (one side of a leaf of a book): sida
- (a piece of paper): ark, papper
- (the sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil): klinga
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Torres Strait CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
blad