blanken

English

Etymology

From blank + -en.

Verb

blanken (third-person singular simple present blankens, present participle blankening, simple past and past participle blankened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become blank
    • 1949, House in the Sun, page 167:
      I asked Obdulia if she weren't afraid of the police. Her face blankened. "Oh, I never saw the witch, senor," she said.

Dutch

Etymology 1

From blank + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɑŋ.kə(n)/

Verb

blanken

  1. (intransitive) to glow in a white or pallid colour
Inflection
Inflection of blanken (weak)
infinitive blanken
past singular blankte
past participle geblankt
infinitive blanken
gerund blanken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blankblankte
2nd person sing. (jij) blanktblankte
2nd person sing. (u) blanktblankte
2nd person sing. (gij) blanktblankte
3rd person singular blanktblankte
plural blankenblankten
subjunctive sing.1 blankeblankte
subjunctive plur.1 blankenblankten
imperative sing. blank
imperative plur.1 blankt
participles blankendgeblankt
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English blank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛŋ.kə(n)/

Verb

blanken

  1. (transitive) to blank
Inflection
Inflection of blanken (weak)
infinitive blanken
past singular blankte
past participle geblankt
infinitive blanken
gerund blanken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blankblankte
2nd person sing. (jij) blanktblankte
2nd person sing. (u) blanktblankte
2nd person sing. (gij) blanktblankte
3rd person singular blanktblankte
plural blankenblankten
subjunctive sing.1 blankeblankte
subjunctive plur.1 blankenblankten
imperative sing. blank
imperative plur.1 blankt
participles blankendgeblankt
1) Archaic.

German

Adjective

blanken

  1. inflection of blank:
    1. strong genitive masculine and neuter singular
    2. weak and mixed genitive and dative all-gender singular
    3. strong, weak, and mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak and mixed all-case plural
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