different between blick vs bleck

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From a merger two Middle English verbs, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to shine”):

• blikken, blikien, bliken (“to shine gleam”, weak verb), from Old English blician, from Proto-Germanic *blik?n? (“to shine, sparkle”). Cognate with Dutch blikken (“to twinkle, turn pale”), German blicken (“to glance, look”), Swedish blicka (“to glance”), Icelandic blíka (“to shine, gleam”).
• bl?ken (strong verb), from Old English bl?can (“to shine, glitter, gleam”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?kan? (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate with West Frisian blike (“to appear”), Dutch blijken (“to appear”).

Cf. blike.

Verb

blick (third-person singular simple present blicks, present participle blicking, simple past and past participle blicked)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To shine; gleam.

Etymology 2

From German Blick (“look, glance, twinkle, flash”), from Middle High German blic, from Old High German blik, blich, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *blikiz (“shine, appearance, look”). Cognate with Dutch blik, Danish blik, Icelandic blik (“gleam, sheen”), Old English blice (“sheen, denuded site”).

Noun

blick (plural blicks)

1. The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Verb

blick

1. singular imperative of blicken

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse blíkja, from Proto-Germanic *blik? (“look”), *bl?kan? (“to shine, gleam”).

Pronunciation

Noun

blick c

1. look (action of looking)
2. glance
3. gaze

Declension

Related terms

• inblick
• återblick
• blicka
• ögonblick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?k/

Verb

bleck (third-person singular simple present blecks, present participle blecking, simple past and past participle blecked)

1. (obsolete, dialect) To blacken.
2. (obsolete, dialect) To defile.

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Interjection

bleck

1. (rare) Alternative form of blech

Synonyms

• feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah

Scots

Etymology

From Old English blæc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?k/

Adjective

bleck (comparative blecker, superlative bleckest)

1. (South Scots) black

Noun

bleck

1. A challenge to a feat of exceptional skill; a baffle in reaction to such a feat.
2. A puzzle.
3. (South Scots) black

References

• “bleck, n.¹, v.¹” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Swedish

Etymology

Compare Danish blik (< Middle Low German bleck), German Blech (< Old High German bleh), all from Proto-Germanic *blik?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?k/
• Homophones: bläck

Noun

bleck n

1. tin plate
2. sheet metal

Declension