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
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular blank blankte
2nd person sing. (jij) blankt blankte
2nd person sing. (u) blankt blankte
2nd person sing. (gij) blankt blankte
3rd person singular blankt blankte
plural blanken blankten
subjunctive sing.1 blanke blankte
subjunctive plur.1 blanken blankten
imperative sing. blank
imperative plur.1 blankt
participles blankend geblankt
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
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular blank blankte
2nd person sing. (jij) blankt blankte
2nd person sing. (u) blankt blankte
2nd person sing. (gij) blankt blankte
3rd person singular blankt blankte
plural blanken blankten
subjunctive sing.1 blanke blankte
subjunctive plur.1 blanken blankten
imperative sing. blank
imperative plur.1 blankt
participles blankend geblankt
1) Archaic.

German

Adjective

blanken

  1. inflected form of blank
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