blikken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɪkə(n)/
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Etymology 1
Adjective
blikken (not comparable)
- 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
Inflection
| Inflection of blikken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blikken | |||
| past singular | blikte | |||
| past participle | geblikt | |||
| infinitive | blikken | |||
| gerund | blikken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blik | blikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blikt | 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. | ||||
Etymology 3
See etymology on the main entry.
Noun
blikken
- 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)
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