blanken
English
Etymology
From blank + -en.
Verb
blanken (third-person singular simple present blankens, present participle blankening, simple past and past participle blankened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become blank
- 1949, House in the Sun, page 167:
- I asked Obdulia if she weren't afraid of the police. Her face blankened. "Oh, I never saw the witch, senor," she said.
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Dutch
Etymology 1
From blank + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɑŋ.kə(n)/
Verb
blanken
- (intransitive) to glow in a white or pallid colour
Inflection
| Inflection of blanken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blanken | |||
| past singular | blankte | |||
| past participle | geblankt | |||
| infinitive | blanken | |||
| gerund | blanken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blank | blankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blankt | blankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blankt | blankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blankt | blankte | ||
| 3rd person singular | blankt | blankte | ||
| plural | blanken | blankten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blanke | blankte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blanken | blankten | ||
| imperative sing. | blank | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blankt | |||
| participles | blankend | geblankt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English blank.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛŋ.kə(n)/
Verb
blanken
- (transitive) to blank
Inflection
| Inflection of blanken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blanken | |||
| past singular | blankte | |||
| past participle | geblankt | |||
| infinitive | blanken | |||
| gerund | blanken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blank | blankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blankt | blankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blankt | blankte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blankt | blankte | ||
| 3rd person singular | blankt | blankte | ||
| plural | blanken | blankten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blanke | blankte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blanken | blankten | ||
| imperative sing. | blank | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blankt | |||
| participles | blankend | geblankt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
German
Adjective
blanken
- inflection of blank:
- strong genitive masculine and neuter singular
- weak and mixed genitive and dative all-gender singular
- strong, weak, and mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak and mixed all-case plural