Blick

See also: blick

German

Etymology

From Middle High German blic, from Old High German blik, from Proto-Germanic *blikaz, *blikkaz (“shine, appearance, look; metal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyg-, from *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch blik (“look, glance”), Danish blik (“look, glance; tin”), Icelandic blik (“gleam, shine”), Old English blice (“an exposure, manifestation”). More at blick.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [blɪk]
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Rhymes: -ɪk
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Noun

Blick m (genitive Blicks or Blickes, plural Blicke)

glance, look
view

Declension

Declension of Blick

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Blick	die	Blicke
genitive	eines	des	Blickes, Blicks	der	Blicke
dative	einem	dem	Blick, Blicke¹	den	Blicken
accusative	einen	den	Blick	die	Blicke

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Anblick
auf den ersten Blick
auf einen Blick
Augenblick

Blickwinkel
Rundblick
Tunnelblick
Überblick