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)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bla‧ken
- Rhymes: -aːkən
Verb
blaken
Inflection
Derived terms
Anagrams
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]
Audio (file)
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
- 2001, Winfried Georg Sebald, Austerlitz, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, →ISBN, page 293:
- Wie Schiffe trieben in der Düsternis die Schemen der Kraftwerke, in denen die Braunkohle glühte, kalkfarbene Quader, Kühltürme mit gezackten Kronen, hochaufragende Schlote, über denen weiß gegen den in krankhaften Farben gestriemten westlichen Himmel die reglosen Rauchfahnen standen. Nur an der nachtfahlen Seite des Firmaments zeigten sich ein paar Sterne, rußig blakende Lichter, die eines um das andere ausgingen und Schorfspuren zurückließen in den Bahnen, durch die sie immer gezogen sind.
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Conjugation
infinitive | blaken | ||||
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present participle | blakend | ||||
past participle | geblakt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich blake | wir blaken | i | ich blake | wir blaken |
du blakst | ihr blakt | du blakest | ihr blaket | ||
er blakt | sie blaken | er blake | sie blaken | ||
preterite | ich blakte | wir blakten | ii | ich blakte1 | wir blakten1 |
du blaktest | ihr blaktet | du blaktest1 | ihr blaktet1 | ||
er blakte | sie blakten | er blakte1 | sie blakten1 | ||
imperative | blak (du) blake (du) |
blakt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *blakon, from Proto-West Germanic *blakōn, from Proto-Germanic *blakōną, related to *blaikaz (“white, pale”).
Inflection
Weak | ||
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Infinitive | blāken | |
3rd sg. past | — | |
3rd pl. past | — | |
Past participle | — | |
Infinitive | blāken | |
In genitive | blākens | |
In dative | blākene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | blāke | — |
2nd singular | blāecs, blākes | — |
3rd singular | blāect, blāket | — |
1st plural | blāken | — |
2nd plural | blāect, blāket | — |
3rd plural | blāken | — |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | blāke | — |
2nd singular | blāecs, blākes | — |
3rd singular | blāke | — |
1st plural | blāken | — |
2nd plural | blāect, blāket | — |
3rd plural | blāken | — |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | blāec, blāke | |
Plural | blāect, blāket | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | blākende | — |
Derived terms
- verblāken
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