Blick

See also: blick

German

Alternative forms

• Blik (obsolete)

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:

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

• Audio (Austria):

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Noun

Blick m (strong, genitive Blickes or Blicks, plural Blicke)

1. glance, look

   auf den ersten Blick ― at first glance

2. view

Declension

Declension of Blick [masculine, strong]

	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 rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Anblick
• auf den ersten Blick
• auf einen Blick
• Augenblick
• Blickwinkel
• einen Blick werfen
• Rundblick
• Tunnelblick
• Überblick

Further reading

• “Blick” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Blick” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Blick” in Duden online
• Blick on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de