blicken

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German blicchen, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką (“look”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɪkŋ̩/, /ˈblɪkən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩

blicken (weak, third-person singular present blickt, past tense blickte, past participle geblickt, auxiliary haben)

1. (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.

2. (colloquial) to get, to understand [from 1990s]

   Synonyms: begreifen; see also Thesaurus:begreifen

   Du blickst es einfach nicht. ― You simply don't get it.

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• “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–

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blicken

1. definite singular of blick