"blaken" meaning in Dutch

See blaken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈblaːkə(n)/ Audio: Nl-blaken.ogg
Rhymes: -aːkən Etymology: From Middle Dutch blāken, from Old Dutch *blakon, from Proto-West Germanic *blakōn, from Proto-Germanic *blakōną, related to *blaikaz (“white, pale”). Cognate with German Low German blaken (“to smoke”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|blāken}} Middle Dutch blāken, {{inh|nl|odt|*blakon}} Old Dutch *blakon, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*blakōn}} Proto-West Germanic *blakōn, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*blakōną}} Proto-Germanic *blakōną, {{cog|nds-de|blaken|t=to smoke}} German Low German blaken (“to smoke”) Head templates: {{nl-verb}} blaken Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|blaak|blake}} Forms: weak [table-tags], blaken [infinitive], blaken [gerund, neuter], blaak [first-person, present, singular], blaakte [first-person, past, singular], blaakt [present, second-person, singular], blaak [present, second-person, singular], blaakte [past, second-person, singular], blaakt [formal, present, second-person, singular], blaakte [formal, past, second-person, singular], blaakt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], blaakt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], blaakte [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], blaakte [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], blaakt [present, singular, third-person], blaakte [past, singular, third-person], blaken [plural, present], blaakten [past, plural], blake [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], blaakte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], blaken [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], blaakten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], blaak [imperative, present, singular], blaakt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], blakend [participle, present], geblaakt [participle, past]
  1. (intransitive) to scorch, blaze Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-blaken-nl-verb-BVjxyHWR Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be extremely good, to be full of (something) Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-blaken-nl-verb-fYfQRLfS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blakeren

Inflected forms

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          "text": "in blakende gezondheid zijn",
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}

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