English

Etymology

Noun

blank

1. bullet that doesn't harm; a cartridge inserted into a gun that fires no projectile
2. A void space on a paper
3. A space to be filled in on a form or template
4. (archaic): A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence. Nares.
5. (mechanical): A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
6. (Dominoes): A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the double blank"; the six blank." In blank, with an essential portion to be supplied by another; as, to make out a check in blank.
7. The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.

Translations

• German: Platzpatrone f (1), Leerzeichen n (7)
• Swedish: lös patron c (1), mellanslag n (7)

Adjective

blank

1. Without color; lacking characteristics which give variety
2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.

Translations

• German: ausdruckslos (1), unbeschrieben (2), unausgefüllt (2)

Verb

blank (transitive blanked , blanking )

1. To make void; to erase

   I blanked out my previous entry.

Translations

• Swedish: blanka

Dutch

Adjective

blank (alternative form: blanke , comparative: blanker , superlative: blankst )

1. white (when referring to race), caucasian

German

Adjective

blank

1. pure, sheer

   Blanke Wut packte ihn.

   (Sheer anger seized him)

Swedish

Adjective

blank

1. reflective , shiny

Conjugations