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Danish
Etymology
From German blinken (“to flash”).
Pronunciation
Verb
blinke (imperative blink, infinitive at blinke, present tense blinker, past tense blinkede, perfect tense har blinket)
- blink
- wink
- glint
- flash
- twinkle
- gleam
- indicate (to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
blinke
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of blinken
German
Pronunciation
Verb
blinke
- inflection of blinken:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German blinken.
Verb
blinke (imperative blink, present tense blinker, passive blinkes, simple past and past participle blinka or blinket, present participle blinkende)
- to flash, glint, sparkle, twinkle, wink, blink
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
blinke (present tense blinkar, past tense blinka, past participle blinka, passive infinitive blinkast, present participle blinkande, imperative blinke/blink)
- Alternative form of blinka
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian blinka, from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
blinke
- to shine
Inflection
Further reading
- “blinke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011