FromMiddle Dutchblāken, fromOld Dutch*blakon, fromProto-West Germanic*blakōn, fromProto-Germanic*blakōną, related to*blaikaz(“white, pale”). Cognate withGerman Low Germanblaken(“to smoke”).
blaken
Borrowed fromGerman Low Germanblaken, fromMiddle Low Germanblāken,blaken(“to burn, smoke, glow”), fromProto-West Germanic*blakōn, fromProto-Germanic*blakōną, related to*blaikaz(“white, pale”). Cognate withDutchblaken.
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blaken (weak,third-person singular presentblakt,past tenseblakte,past participlegeblakt,auxiliaryhaben)
| infinitive | blaken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | blakend | ||||
| past participle | geblakt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ichblake | wirblaken | i | ichblake | wirblaken |
| dublakst | ihrblakt | dublakest | ihrblaket | ||
| erblakt | sieblaken | erblake | sieblaken | ||
| preterite | ichblakte | wirblakten | ii | ichblakte1 | wirblakten1 |
| dublaktest | ihrblaktet | dublaktest1 | ihrblaktet1 | ||
| erblakte | sieblakten | erblakte1 | sieblakten1 | ||
| imperative | blak (du) blake (du) | blakt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürde normally preferred.
FromOld Dutch*blakon, fromProto-West Germanic*blakōn, fromProto-Germanic*blakōną, related to*blaikaz(“white, pale”).
blāken
| infinitive | base form | blāken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | blākens | ||||||
| dative | blākene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | blāke | — | blāke | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | blāecs,blākes | — | blāecs,blākes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | blāect,blāket | — | blāke | — | |||
| 1st person plural | blāken | — | blāken | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | blāect,blāket | — | blāect,blāket | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | blāken | — | blāken | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | blāec,blāke | ||||||
| plural | blāect,blāket | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | blākende | — | |||||
blaken