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)

1. glance, look
2. view

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Anblick
• auf den ersten Blick
• auf einen Blick
• Augenblick

• Blickwinkel
• Rundblick
• Tunnelblick
• Überblick

Further reading

• “Blick” in Duden online