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See also: Blicken
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German blicken, from Old High German blicchen, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką (“look”).
Pronunciation
Verb
blicken (weak, third-person singular present blickt, past tense blickte, past participle geblickt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to look (usually in a certain direction toward something)
- Blick aus dem Fenster. ― Look out the window.
- sich nicht blicken lassen. ― to not show up.
- (colloquial) to get, to understand [from 1990s]
- Synonyms: begreifen; see also Thesaurus:begreifen
- Du blickst es einfach nicht. ― You simply don't get it.
Conjugation
infinitive | blicken | ||||
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present participle | blickend | ||||
past participle | geblickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich blicke | wir blicken | i | ich blicke | wir blicken |
du blickst | ihr blickt | du blickest | ihr blicket | ||
er blickt | sie blicken | er blicke | sie blicken | ||
preterite | ich blickte | wir blickten | ii | ich blickte1 | wir blickten1 |
du blicktest | ihr blicktet | du blicktest1 | ihr blicktet1 | ||
er blickte | sie blickten | er blickte1 | sie blickten1 | ||
imperative | blick (du) blicke (du) |
blickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “blicken” in Duden online
- “blicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “blicken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “blicken”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Noun
blicken
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