bleken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbleːkə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ble‧ken
  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blêken, from Old Dutch *blēken, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną.

Verb

bleken

  1. (ergative) to bleach
Inflection
Conjugation of bleken (weak)
infinitive bleken
past singular bleekte
past participle gebleekt
infinitive bleken
gerund bleken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bleekbleekte
2nd person sing. (jij) bleektbleekte
2nd person sing. (u) bleektbleekte
2nd person sing. (gij) bleektbleekte
3rd person singular bleektbleekte
plural blekenbleekten
subjunctive sing.1 blekebleekte
subjunctive plur.1 blekenbleekten
imperative sing. bleek
imperative plur.1 bleekt
participles blekendgebleekt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Papiamentu: blikia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bleken

  1. inflection of blijken:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *blēken, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną.

Verb

blêken

  1. to pale, to become/be white
  2. to bleach, to make white

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive blêken
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive blêken
In genitive blêkens
In dative blêkene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular blêke
2nd singular blêecs, blêkes
3rd singular blêect, blêket
1st plural blêken
2nd plural blêect, blêket
3rd plural blêken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular blêke
2nd singular blêecs, blêkes
3rd singular blêke
1st plural blêken
2nd plural blêect, blêket
3rd plural blêken
Imperative Present
Singular blêec, blêke
Plural blêect, blêket
Present Past
Participle blêkende

Alternative forms

  • bleiken (Limburgish)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • bleken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bleken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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