blinke
Danish
Etymology
From German blinken (“to flash”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blenɡe/, [ˈb̥leŋɡ̊ə]
Verb
blinke (imperative blink, infinitive at blinke, present tense blinker, past tense blinkede, perfect tense har blinket)
- blink
- wink
- glint
- flash
- twinkle
- gleam
- indicate (to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
blinke
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of blinken
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
blinke
- inflection of blinken:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
blinke (imperative blink, present tense blinker, passive blinkes, simple past and past participle blinka or blinket, present participle blinkende)
References
- “blinke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “blinke_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
blinke (present tense blinkar, past tense blinka, past participle blinka, passive infinitive blinkast, present participle blinkande, imperative blinke/blink)
- alternative form of blinka
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian blinka, from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɪŋkə/
Verb
blinke
- to shine
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blinke | |||
| 3rd singular past | blonk | |||
| past participle | blonken | |||
| infinitive | blinke | |||
| long infinitive | blinken | |||
| gerund | blinken n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | blink | blonk | ||
| 2nd singular | blinkst | blonkst | ||
| clitic form | blinksto | blonksto | ||
| 3rd singular | blinkt | blonk | ||
| plural | blinke | blonken | ||
| imperative | blink | |||
| participles | blinkend | blonken | ||
Further reading
- “blinke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011