"Blick" meaning in German

See Blick in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [blɪk] Audio: De-Blick.ogg [Germany, Berlin], De-at-Blick.ogg [Austria]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: From Middle High German blic, from Old High German blik, from Proto-Germanic *blikaz, *blikkaz (“shine, appearance, look; metal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch blik (“look, glance”), Danish blik (“look, glance; tin”), Icelandic blik (“gleam, shine”), Old English blice (“an exposure, manifestation”). More at blick. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|blic}} Middle High German blic, {{inh|de|goh|blik}} Old High German blik, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*blikaz}} Proto-Germanic *blikaz, {{der|de|ine-pro|*bʰleyǵ-|t=to shine}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”), {{cog|nl|blik||look, glance}} Dutch blik (“look, glance”), {{cog|da|blik||look, glance; tin}} Danish blik (“look, glance; tin”), {{cog|is|blik||gleam, shine}} Icelandic blik (“gleam, shine”), {{cog|ang|blice||an exposure, manifestation}} Old English blice (“an exposure, manifestation”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Blick m (strong, genitive Blickes or Blicks, plural Blicke) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Blickes [genitive], Blicks [genitive], Blicke [plural], strong [table-tags], Blick [nominative, singular], Blicke [definite, nominative, plural], Blickes [genitive, singular], Blicks [genitive, singular], Blicke [definite, genitive, plural], Blick [dative, singular], Blicke [dative, singular], Blicken [dative, definite, plural], Blick [accusative, singular], Blicke [accusative, definite, plural], Blik [alternative, obsolete]
  1. glance, look Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Blick-de-noun-9FkMhmfn Categories (other): German terms with collocations, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. view Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Blick-de-noun-K8tDy8j2 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Anblick, auf den ersten Blick, auf einen Blick, Augenblick, Ausblick, Blickwinkel, einen Blick werfen, Rundblick, Tunnelblick, Überblick

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "auf den ersten Blick"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "auf einen Blick"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Augenblick"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ausblick"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Blickwinkel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "einen Blick werfen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Rundblick"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Tunnelblick"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blikkaz"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰleyǵ-"
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      "blik",
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    ],
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      "blik",
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    ],
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      "blik",
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    ],
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    ],
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      "blick",
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      "form": "Blicke",
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      ]
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Blick",
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    {
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      "form": "Blik",
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      ]
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    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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              9,
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          "english": "at first glance",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "auf den ersten Blick",
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          "look"
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "view",
          "view"
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        "strong"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[blɪk]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Blick.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/De-Blick.ogg/De-Blick.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/De-Blick.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪk"
    },
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      "audio": "De-at-Blick.ogg",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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  ],
  "word": "Blick"
}
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    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Rhymes:German/ɪk/1 syllable"
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    {
      "word": "Anblick"
    },
    {
      "word": "auf den ersten Blick"
    },
    {
      "word": "auf einen Blick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Augenblick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ausblick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blickwinkel"
    },
    {
      "word": "einen Blick werfen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rundblick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tunnelblick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Überblick"
    }
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    ],
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    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blikkaz"
    ],
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      "blik",
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      "blik",
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      "blice",
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      "blick",
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      "args": {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "Blick",
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      "form": "Blick",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "Blik",
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      "args": {
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    }
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          "english": "at first glance",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "auf den ersten Blick",
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        "strong"
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    },
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      "audio": "De-Blick.ogg",
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      "tags": [
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      "audio": "De-at-Blick.ogg",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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  ],
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}

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