Blunt

See also: blunt

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• From Anglo-Norman blunt (“blond”), a nickname for someone with fair hair or a light complexion.
• From Middle English blunt (“dull, stupid”), a nickname for a stupid person.

Proper noun

Blunt (countable and uncountable, plural Blunts)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A minor city in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blunt is the 4259^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8326 individuals. Blunt is most common among Black/African American (46.79%) and White (46.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blunt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English blunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblant]
• Homophone: bland

• Audio:

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Noun

Blunt m (strong, genitive Blunts, plural Blunts)

1. blunt (marijuana cigarette)

Declension

Declension of Blunt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Blunt	die	Blunts
genitive	eines	des	Blunts	der	Blunts
dative	einem	dem	Blunt	den	Blunts
accusative	einen	den	Blunt	die	Blunts