At first glance it looks like the verb has crept up to the noun section, but on closer inspection, that top section is labelled Unmittelbare Treffer. I guess that's just the way they do things around here.

ja, schon, aber der Großteil aller Verben hat ein 'to' davor und landet erst gar nicht bei 'unmittelbare Treffer'. 'fly' zum Beispiel, das auch Verb und Substantiv sein kann, taucht als ersteres nur unter 'Verben und Verbzusammensetzungen' auf:
Dictionary: fly
ebenso 'chair', 'hope', 'escape'...

Well, if elsewhere verbs are excluded from the heading 'Unmittelbare Treffer", then i would support excluding this one as well. Konsequenz ist die erste Bürgerpflicht.

Auch wenn es sicher kein "A-Problem" (= superdringendes Problem) ist: gelegentliche Korrektur wäre sinnvoll.

In diesem Zusammenhang eine andere Frage: kann jemand etwas mit dem Wortpaar "blend adj. - verlaufen" anfangen?
Es befindet sich auf der gleichen Seite Dictionary: blend

Stehe ich da auf der Leitung? Lässt sich die adjektivische Bedeutung von "verlaufen" (z.B. wie "verschwommen" in "verlaufene Farben"; oder wie "verirrt") tatsächlich mit "blend" übersetzen? Gibt es überhaupt ein Adjektiv "blend" (ich kenne nur "blended")?

http://www.bartleby.com/61/2/B0320200.html

TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To combine or mix so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another: “He has no difficulty blending his two writing careers: novels and films” (Charles E. Claffey). 2. To combine (varieties or grades) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency: blend tobaccos.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:1. To form a uniform mixture: “The smoke blended easily into the odor of the other fumes” (Norman Mailer). 2. To become merged into one; unite. 3. To create a harmonious effect or result: picked a tie that blended with the jacket. See synonyms at mix.
NOUN:1a. The act of blending. b. Something, such as an effect or a product, that is created by blending: “His face shows, as he stares at the fire, a blend of fastidiousness and intransigence” (John Fowles). See synonyms at mixture. 2. Linguistics A word produced by combining parts of other words, as smog from smoke and fog.

@Ulrich05 - I'd consider the pair at least asymmetrical.
AHD has the above for blend.


I could imagine that when colours merge together (verlaufen) one could consider it a blending.
In my opinion though, to blend something is an aktive process, whereas verlaufen could be considered a passive description - though I could be wrong, of course

oops - please exchange a 'c' for the 'k' in 'aktive'
;o(

@odondon: coud it be that you misinterpreted my remark regarding the "Wortpaar 'blend adj. - verlaufen'" as a remark referring to the pair "blend - sich mischen" the thread started out with?

(I know I should have started a separate thread, but initially - when I wrote #4 - I really was absolutely uncertain whether it was just me not understanding or the pair really was wrong (now I'm fairly sure it is).

However, since it started here, let's clarify it here, and if the pair is indeed wrong, I'll be happy to start a new thread... :-)

So, again, here's my question: is the word pair "blend adj. - verlaufen" correct? You find it on the dictionary page Dictionary: blend in the first line under "Direct Matches".
I know of "blend" as a noun and I know of "to blend" as a verb - but I've never heard of "blend" as an adjective.
In my opinion it should be "to blend - verlaufen", as this meaning of the verb "blend" is missing in the dictionary (colours that blend into each other - Farben, die ineinander verlaufen).
Dictionary: verlaufen

What do you think?

@Ulrich05 - I must concede that I completely missed the [adj.] flag - my apologies for any confusion this might have caused. You are entirely correct, that 'blend' is not listed in AHD with an adjectival function, and I can think of no construction that would justify it. This is, indeed an error.
:o)

ok, I'll start a correcton thread tonight (I must leave now).

However, I won't take it as an insult if somebody decides to start a respective thread before I do it... ;-)))