bleik

bleik

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blæik/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak

Alternative forms

• blek

Adjective

bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikere, indefinite superlative bleikest, definite superlative bleikeste)

1. pale

Verb

bleik

1. imperative of bleike

References

• “bleik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blæɪk/

Adjective

bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikare, indefinite superlative bleikast, definite superlative bleikaste)

1. pale

References

• “bleik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.