blaken

== Dutch == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblaːkə(n)/ Hyphenation: bla‧ken Rhymes: -aːkən === Verb === blaken (intransitive) to scorch, blaze (intransitive, figuratively) to be extremely good, to be full of (something) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== blakeren ==== Descendants ==== → German: blaken (also possibly from Low German) → French: blaker (dialectal) === Anagrams === balken == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Low German blaken, from Middle Low German blāken, blaken (“to burn, smoke, glow”), from Proto-West Germanic *blakōn, from Proto-Germanic *blakōną, related to *blaikaz (“white, pale”). Cognate with Dutch blaken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblaːkən/, [ˈblaːkən], [ˈblaːkŋ̩] === Verb === blaken (weak, third-person singular present blakt, past tense blakte, past participle geblakt, auxiliary haben) to burn turbulently or with a lot of smoke and smut (like a dying candle) eine blakende Kerze ― a dying candle ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “blaken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “blaken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “blaken” in Duden online == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *blakon, from Proto-West Germanic *blakōn, from Proto-Germanic *blakōną, related to *blaikaz (“white, pale”). === Verb === blāken to burn to catch fire to glow, to shine ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== verblāken ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: blaken Limburgish: blake === Further reading === “blaken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “blaken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Verb === blaken alternative form of bloken