Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblɪkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: blik‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

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From blik +‎ -en.

Adjective

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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 cookie box has a nostalgic quality.
Declension
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Declension of blikken
uninflected blikken
inflected blikken
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. blikken
n. sing. blikken
plural blikken
definite blikken
partitive
Descendants
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  • Sranan Tongo: brekri

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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blikken

  1. (intransitive) to look at, to glance
    Hij blikte om zich heen.
    He glanced around himself.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of blikken (weak)
infinitive blikken
past singular blikte
past participle geblikt
infinitive blikken
gerund blikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular blik blikte
2nd person sing. (jij) blikt, blik2 blikte
2nd person sing. (u) blikt blikte
2nd person sing. (gij) blikt blikte
3rd person singular blikt blikte
plural blikken blikten
subjunctive sing.1 blikke blikte
subjunctive plur.1 blikken blikten
imperative sing. blik
imperative plur.1 blikt
participles blikkend geblikt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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blikken

  1. plural of blik

Scots

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. To turn pale
  2. To blight; fade