bleek
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bleːk/
- Hyphenation: bleek
- Rhymes: -eːk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch blêec, from Old Dutch *blēk, from Proto-West Germanic *blaik, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.
Adjective
bleek (comparative bleker, superlative bleekst)
- pale
- Antonym: donker
- bleak
- Antonym: felgekleurd
Declension
| Declension of bleek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bleek | |||
| inflected | bleke | |||
| comparative | bleker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bleek | bleker | het bleekst het bleekste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bleke | blekere | bleekste |
| n. sing. | bleek | bleker | bleekste | |
| plural | bleke | blekere | bleekste | |
| definite | bleke | blekere | bleekste | |
| partitive | bleeks | blekers | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From the adjective bleek or from the verb bleken.
Noun
bleek f (uncountable)
- bleach (chemical used for bleaching)
- the act of bleaching
- bleachfield
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: bliki
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bleek
- inflection of bleken:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bleek
- singular past indicative of blijken