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Blick

Blick

See also: blick

German

Noun

Blick m ‎(genitive Blicks or Blickes, plural Blicke)

  1. glance, look
  2. view

Declension

Derived terms

blick

blick

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English

Verb

blick ‎(third-person singular simple present blicks, present participle blicking, simple past and past participle blicked)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To shine; gleam.

Etymology 2

From German Blick ‎(“look, glance, twinkle, flash”), from Middle High German blic, from Old High German blik, blich, from Proto-Germanic *blikiz ‎(“shine, appearance, look”). Cognate with Dutch blik, Danish blik, Icelandic blik ‎(“gleam, sheen”), Old English blice ‎(“sheen, denuded site”).

Noun

blick ‎(plural blicks)

  1. The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

blick

  1. Imperative singular of blicken.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

blick c

  1. look (action of looking)
  2. glance
  3. gaze

Declension

Inflection of blick 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative blick blicken blickar blickarna
Genitive blicks blickens blickars blickarnas

Related terms

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]
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

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