From Middle Dutch blinken, from Old Dutch *blinkan, from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną.
blinken
| Conjugation of blinken (strong class 3a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blinken | |||
| past singular | blonk | |||
| past participle | geblonken | |||
| infinitive | blinken | |||
| gerund | blinken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blink | blonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blinkt, blink2 | blonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blinkt | blonk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blinkt | blonkt | ||
| 3rd person singular | blinkt | blonk | ||
| plural | blinken | blonken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blinke | blonke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blinken | blonken | ||
| imperative sing. | blink | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blinkt | |||
| participles | blinkend | geblonken | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Low German and Middle Low German blinken, ultimately from the root of blecken (“to bare”). Cognate with Dutch blinken.
blinken (weak, third-person singular present blinkt, past tense blinkte, past participle geblinkt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | blinken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | blinkend | ||||
| past participle | geblinkt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich blinke | wir blinken | i | ich blinke | wir blinken |
| du blinkst | ihr blinkt | du blinkest | ihr blinket | ||
| er blinkt | sie blinken | er blinke | sie blinken | ||
| preterite | ich blinkte | wir blinkten | ii | ich blinkte1 | wir blinkten1 |
| du blinktest | ihr blinktet | du blinktest1 | ihr blinktet1 | ||
| er blinkte | sie blinkten | er blinkte1 | sie blinkten1 | ||
| imperative | blink (du) blinke (du) |
blinkt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Old Dutch *blinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *blinkan, from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną.
blinken
| infinitive | base form | blinken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | blinkens | ||||||
| dative | blinkene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | blinke | — | blinke | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | blincs, blinkes | — | blincs, blinkes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | blinct, blinket | — | blinke | — | |||
| 1st person plural | blinken | — | blinken | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | blinct, blinket | — | blinct, blinket | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | blinken | — | blinken | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | blinc, blinke | ||||||
| plural | blinct, blinket | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | blinkende | — | |||||
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