blikken

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈblɪkə(n)/
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Etymology 1

From blik +‎ -en

Adjective

blikken (not comparable)

  1. tin, tinnen, made of a light tinplate (or similar metallic alloy) as produced for cans
    Een blikken koekjesdoos heeft iets nostalgisch.
    A tin cookies box has a nostalgic quality.
Inflection
Inflection of blikken
uninflected blikken
inflected blikken
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. blikken
n. sing. blikken
plural blikken
definite blikken
partitive

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch blicken. Equivalent to blik +‎ -en.

Verb

blikken

  1. (intransitive) to look at, to glance
    Hij blikte om zich heen.
    He glanced around himself.
Inflection
Inflection of blikken (weak)
infinitive blikken
past singular blikte
past participle geblikt
infinitive blikken
gerund blikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blikblikte
2nd person sing. (jij) bliktblikte
2nd person sing. (u) bliktblikte
2nd person sing. (gij) bliktblikte
3rd person singular bliktblikte
plural blikkenblikten
subjunctive sing.1 blikkeblikte
subjunctive plur.1 blikkenblikten
imperative sing. blik
imperative plur.1 blikt
participles blikkendgeblikt
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

blikken

  1. Plural form of blik

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse blikja (“to grow pale”). Related to English blike. More at blike.

Verb

blikken (third-person singular present blikkens, present participle blikkenin, past blikkent, past participle blikkent)

  1. To turn pale
  2. To blight; fade
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