blikk

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. a glance, look
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Etymology 2

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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

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Noun

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blikk n (definite singular blikket, uncountable)

  1. rolled sheet metal
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Etymology 3

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

Noun

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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
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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Low German blick.

Noun

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

  1. a glance, look

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