blicken

== German == === Alternative forms === bliken (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German blicken, from Old High German blicchen, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką (“look”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈblɪkŋ̩] Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩ === Verb === blicken (weak, third-person singular present blickt, past tense blickte, past participle geblickt, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to look (usually in a certain direction toward something) Blick aus dem Fenster. ― Look out the window. sich nicht blicken lassen. ― to not show up. (colloquial) to get, to understand [from 1990s] Synonyms: begreifen; see also Thesaurus:begreifen Du blickst es einfach nicht. ― You simply don't get it. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== schauen ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “blicken” in Duden online “blicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “blicken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “blicken”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === blicken definite singular of blick