blikk

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blik/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German blick. Cognate with Dutch blik, German Blick (both “glance”).

Noun

blikk n (definite singular blikket, indefinite plural blikk, definite plural blikka or blikkene)

  1. a glance, look
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German blick, bleck, from Proto-Germanic *bliką. Cognate with Dutch blik, German Blech (both “sheet metal”). Related with etymology 1, but not the same word.

Alternative forms

Noun

blikk n (definite singular blikket, uncountable)

  1. rolled sheet metal
Derived terms
  • bølgeblikk
  • blikkboks

Etymology 3

From Old Norse blik. Cognate with Icelandic blik (“gleam”). Inherited doublet of blikk (etymology 2 above).

Noun

blikk n (definite singular blikket, indefinite plural blikker, definite plural blikka or blikkene)

  1. (dialectal) gloss, sheen
  2. (chiefly in compounds) stillness of the sea
Derived terms
  • blikkstille

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German blick.

Noun

blikk n (definite singular blikket, indefinite plural blikk, definite plural blikka)

  1. a glance, look

Derived terms

References
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