blazen

See also: blázen, blažen, Blažen, and błazen

English

Etymology

From blaze +‎ -en.

Verb

blazen (third-person singular simple present blazens, present participle blazening, simple past and past participle blazened)

1. (transitive) To set ablaze
   • 1867, Biennial Report, page 252:

     An active rival, who let no opportunity escape to enhance his own interest to the detriment of ours, was unsparing in his efforts to blazen his own glories, and prevent the Eastern world from discovering anything valuable beyond the Mississippi river.

2. (intransitive) To be ablaze
   • 1970, Levi Lamoni Wight, The reminiscences and Civil War letters of Levi Lamoni Wight:

     We were on the left center, Mosleys battery on our left, brave men melting before the blazening cannon and chargeing^[sic] Infantry one volley after another and dead men were in piles.

Anagrams

• benzal

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːzə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bla‧zen
• Rhymes: -aːzən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blâsen, from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.

Verb

blazen

1. (intransitive, sometimes transitive) to blow

   De bladeren bliezen in de wind.

   The leaves were blowing in the wind.

   Hij blaast zeepbellen.

   He is blowing soap bubbles.

2. (intransitive) to hiss (like a cat)

Conjugation

Conjugation of blazen (strong class 7)
infinitive	blazen
past singular	blies
past participle	geblazen
infinitive	blazen
gerund	blazen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	blaas	blies
2nd person sing. (jij)	blaast, blaas2	blies
2nd person sing. (u)	blaast	blies
2nd person sing. (gij)	blaast	bliest
3rd person singular	blaast	blies
plural	blazen	bliezen
subjunctive sing.1	blaze	blieze
subjunctive plur.1	blazen	bliezen
imperative sing.	blaas
imperative plur.1	blaast
participles	blazend	geblazen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• aanblazen
• afblazen
• beblazen
• blaasinstrument
• blaaskaak
• blaasspeeltuig
• doorblazen
• droogblazen
• geblazen zijn
• hoornblazen
• inblazen
• meeblazen
• midwinterhoornblazen
• omblazen
• omverblazen
• opblazen
• overblazen
• terugblazen
• uitblazen
• van toeten noch blazen weten
• wegblazen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: blaas
• Berbice Creole Dutch: blasi
• Negerhollands: blaas, aass, blaes
• Petjo: blazen
• → Papiamentu: blas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

blazen

1. plural of blaas

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: blas

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blaznъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blàːzən/

Adjective

blázən (comparative bláznejši, superlative nȁjbláznejši)

1. insane, mad
2. upset

Further reading

• “blazen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025