Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) glance, look
  2. (masculine, strong) view

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spigg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[blɪk]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German blic, from Old High German blik, from Proto-Germanic *blikaz, *blikkaz (“shine, appearance, look; metal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch blik (“look, glance”), Danish blik (“look, glance; tin”), Icelandic blik (“gleam, shine”), Old English blice (“an exposure, manifestation”). More at blick.

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