Blick

See also: blick

German

Etymology

From Middle High German blic, from Old High German blik, from Proto-Germanic *blikaz, *blikkaz (“shine, appearance, look; metal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyg-, from *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch blik (“look, glance”), Danish blik (“look, glance; tin”), Icelandic blik (“gleam, shine”), Old English blice (“an exposure, manifestation”). More at blick.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [blɪk]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪk
  • audio (Austria)(file)

Noun

Blick m (genitive Blicks or Blickes, plural Blicke)

  1. glance, look
  2. view

Declension
Declension of Blick
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Blick die Blicke
genitive eines des Blickes,
Blicks		 der Blicke
dative einem dem Blick,
Blicke1		 den Blicken
accusative einen den Blick die Blicke
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms
Derived terms

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.