From Middle Dutch blāken, from Old Dutch *blakon, from Proto-West Germanic *blakōn, from Proto-Germanic *blakōną, related to *blaikaz (“white, pale”). Cognate with German Low German blaken (“to smoke”).
blaken
| Inflection of blaken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blaken | |||
| past singular | blaakte | |||
| past participle | geblaakt | |||
| infinitive | blaken | |||
| gerund | blaken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blaak | blaakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blaakt | blaakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blaakt | blaakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blaakt | blaakte | ||
| 3rd person singular | blaakt | blaakte | ||
| plural | blaken | blaakten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blake | blaakte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blaken | blaakten | ||
| imperative sing. | blaak | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blaakt | |||
| participles | blakend | geblaakt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Borrowed from German Low German blaken, from Middle Low German blāken, blaken (“to burn, smoke, glow”), from Proto-West Germanic *blakōn, from Proto-Germanic *blakōną, related to *blaikaz (“white, pale”). Cognate with Dutch blaken.
blaken (weak, third-person singular present blakt, past tense blakte, past participle geblakt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | blaken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | blakend | ||||
| past participle | geblakt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich blake | wir blaken | i | ich blake | wir blaken |
| du blakst | ihr blakt | du blakest | ihr blaket | ||
| er blakt | sie blaken | er blake | sie blaken | ||
| preterite | ich blakte | wir blakten | ii | ich blakte1 | wir blakten1 |
| du blaktest | ihr blaktet | du blaktest1 | ihr blaktet1 | ||
| er blakte | sie blakten | er blakte1 | sie blakten1 | ||
| imperative | blak (du) blake (du) |
blakt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Old Dutch *blakon, from Proto-West Germanic *blakōn, from Proto-Germanic *blakōną, related to *blaikaz (“white, pale”).
blāken
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | blāken | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | blāken | |
| In genitive | blākens | |
| In dative | blākene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | blāke | — |
| 2nd singular | blāecs, blākes | — |
| 3rd singular | blāect, blāket | — |
| 1st plural | blāken | — |
| 2nd plural | blāect, blāket | — |
| 3rd plural | blāken | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | blāke | — |
| 2nd singular | blāecs, blākes | — |
| 3rd singular | blāke | — |
| 1st plural | blāken | — |
| 2nd plural | blāect, blāket | — |
| 3rd plural | blāken | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | blāec, blāke | |
| Plural | blāect, blāket | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | blākende | — |
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