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blinke

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Danish

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Etymology

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From German blinken (to flash).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /blenɡe/, [ˈb̥leŋɡ̊ə]

Verb

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blinke (imperative blink, infinitive at blinke, present tense blinker, past tense blinkede, perfect tense har blinket)

  1. blink
  2. wink
  3. glint
  4. flash
  5. twinkle
  6. gleam
  7. indicate (to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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blinke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of blinken

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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blinke

  1. inflection of blinken:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German blinken.

Verb

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blinke (imperative blink, present tense blinker, passive blinkes, simple past and past participle blinka or blinket, present participle blinkende)

  1. to flash, glint, sparkle, twinkle, wink, blink

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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blinke (present tense blinkar, past tense blinka, past participle blinka, passive infinitive blinkast, present participle blinkande, imperative blinke/blink)

  1. Alternative form of blinka

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian blinka, from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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blinke

  1. to shine

Inflection

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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
3rd singular blinkt blonk
plural blinke blonken
imperative blink
participles blinkend blonken

Further reading

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  • blinke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011