bleek

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bleːk/
  • Hyphenation: bleek
  • Rhymes: -eːk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blêec, from Old Dutch *blēk, from Proto-West Germanic *blaik, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.

Adjective

bleek (comparative bleker, superlative bleekst)

  1. pale
    Antonym: donker
  2. bleak
    Antonym: felgekleurd
Inflection
Inflection of bleek
uninflected bleek
inflected bleke
comparative bleker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bleekblekerhet bleekst
het bleekste
indefinite m./f. sing. blekeblekerebleekste
n. sing. bleekblekerbleekste
plural blekeblekerebleekste
definite blekeblekerebleekste
partitive bleeksblekers—
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: bleek
  • → Papiamentu: blek, bleek
  • → Sranan Tongo: breiki

Etymology 2

From the adjective bleek or from the verb bleken.

Noun

bleek f (uncountable)

  1. bleach (chemical used for bleaching)
  2. the act of bleaching
  3. bleachfield
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bleek

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bleken
  2. imperative of bleken

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bleek

  1. singular past indicative of blijken

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