Definition
The act of looking briefly or deliberately at a person or thing.
Translations
- English
- look
- Français
- regard
- Türkçe
- bakış
- Polski
- spojrzenie
- Русский
- взгляд
- Українська
- погляд
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Blick
- A1
- Noun
- Communication
- City & Places
look
/deːɐ̯ blɪk/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Blicke
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimaryCity & Places
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Sein Blick fiel auf die Uhr.NominativSing.His gaze fell on the clock.
- Sie erwiderte seinen Blick.AkkusativSing.She returned his gaze.
- Mit einem kurzen Blick gab er ihr zu verstehen, dass alles in Ordnung war.DativSing.With a brief glance, he indicated to her that everything was all right.
- Die Richtung des Blicks war eindeutig.GenitivSing.The direction of the gaze was clear.
- Ihre Blicke trafen sich.NominativPlur.Their gazes met.
- Die Blicke der Zuschauer folgten dem Schauspieler.AkkusativPlur.The spectators’ gazes followed the actor.
- Er begegnete den Blicken der anderen.DativPlur.He encountered the gazes of the others.
- Die Wirkung der Blicke war spürbar.GenitivPlur.The effect of the gazes was perceptible.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Blick/blɪk/
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Article phrase
der Blick/deːɐ̯ blɪk/
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Plural
Blicke/ˈblɪkə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Blick | die Blicke |
| Akkusativ | den Blick | die Blicke |
| Dativ | dem Blick | den Blicken |
| Genitiv | des Blicks | der Blicke |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Blick auf etwas werfen
- Adjective combinationkurzer Blick
- Prepositional constructionauf den ersten Blickauf + Akkusativ
- Collocationeinen prüfenden Blick werfen
- Collocationein Blick in den Spiegel
- Sentence patternEin Blick genügt, um die Lage zu verstehen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termWahrnehmung
A Blick is a short form of visual Wahrnehmung, whereas Wahrnehmung also encompasses other sensory impressions or longer processes.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Blick“ is a simple noun with no visibly derived form; in present-day German, its formation is not transparently explained by a productive derivation.
Word family
- blicken
- Blickchen