blikk

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blik/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. a glance, look

Derived terms

• blikkfang
• innblikk
• tilbakeblikk
• øyeblikk

Etymology 2

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

• blekk (Nynorsk)

Noun

blikk n (definite singular blikket, uncountable)

1. rolled sheet metal

Derived terms

• bølgeblikk
• blikkboks

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• blikkstille

References

• “blikk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German blick.

Noun

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

1. a glance, look

Derived terms

• blikkfang
• innblikk
• tilbakeblikk

References

• “blikk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.