# blunder
## English
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend +‎ -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈblʌn.də(ɹ)/
* (US) IPA: /ˈblʌn.dɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: blun‧der

### Noun

blunder (plural blunders)
* A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
* (chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
    Synonym: (symbol) ??
* (obsolete) Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour. [ca. 1375–1774]

#### Synonyms

* (error): blooper, goof, howler; see also Thesaurus:error

#### Derived terms

* blunderbuss
* blunderfest
* blunderful
* blunderhead
* blunderous
* blunderously
* blundersome
* blundery
* flounder
* thud and blunder

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: blunder
* → Swedish: blunder

#### Translations
### Verb

blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders, present participle blundering, simple past and past participle blundered)
* (intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. [from 1706]
    to blunder in preparing a medical prescription
** (chess, backgammon, intransitive) To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight.
** (chess, transitive) To make a bad move and thereby cause the loss of (a piece).
* (intransitive, sometimes figurative, with adverb or preposition) To move in an unsteady way. [from ca. 1386, figurative sense from 1641]
** October 6, 1759, Oliver Goldsmith, The Bee No. 1
    I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.
** 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:blunders on, and staggers every pace
* (transitive, with adverb or preposition) To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake.
** 1714, Humphry Ditton, A discourse concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ:To blunder an adversary.
* (transitive, obsolete) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
** 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome:He blunders and confounds all these together.

#### Derived terms

* blunderer
* blundering
* blunderingly
* blundery
* outblunder
* unblundered
* unblundering

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: blunderen

#### Translations

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### Anagrams

* bundler, Brundle, Ledburn

### References

* “blunder” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
* “blunder, v.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “blunder, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## Danish
### Verb

blunder
* present of blunde

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblʏn.dər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: blun‧der
* Rhymes: -ʏndər

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English blunder, from Middle English blonder, blundur (“disturbance, strife”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes”). Related to blind.

#### Noun

blunder m (plural blunders, diminutive blundertje n)
* a blunder, serious error or mistake

##### Related terms

* blunderen

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

blunder
* inflection of blunderen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* brulden

## Swedish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blunder. According to SO attested since 1837.

### Noun

blunder c
* blunder (clumsy mistake)
* (chess) A blunder; a very bad move, especially caused by some tactical oversight.
    Synonyms: ??, bortsättning, misstag

#### See also

* tabbe (“blunder; mistake”)

### Further reading

* blunder in Svensk ordbok.