bleka

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bleket
• blekte (simple past)
• blekt (past participle)

Verb

bleka

1. inflection of bleke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Adjective

bleka

1. inflection of blek:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Noun

bleka c

1. the fish pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

Declension

Declension of bleka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bleka	blekan	blekor	blekorna
Genitive	blekas	blekans	blekors	blekornas

Synonyms

• lyrtorsk

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish blēkia, from Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną, from *blaikaz, whence also blek.

Verb

bleka (present bleker, preterite blekte, supine blekt, imperative blek)

1. (transitive) to bleach; to make whiter or paler

Conjugation

Conjugation of bleka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bleka		blekas
Supine	blekt		blekts
Imperative	blek		—
Imper. plural1	bleken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bleker	blekte	bleks, blekes	blektes
Ind. plural1	bleka	blekte	blekas	blektes
Subjunctive2	bleke	blekte	blekes	blektes
	Participles
Present participle	blekande
Past participle	blekt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• blek (“pale”)
• blekmedel (“bleach”)
• blekna (“turn pale”)
• blekning (“bleaching, blanching”)
• klorbleka

Further reading

• bleka in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• Kaleb, kabel