bleichen
German (Berlin)
/ˈblaɪ̯çən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) to bleach
- (intransitive) to fade, to lose colour
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German bleichen inherited from Old High German bleihhen inherited from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną inherited from Middle High German blīchen inherited from Old High German blīhhan inherited from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (gleam, shine).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blīkaną
Gloss
gleam, shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biobleach English
- bleach English
- bleachability English
- bleachable English
- bleacher English
- bleachery English
- bleachfield English
- bleachless English
- bleachlike English
- bleachworks English
- bleachy English
- nonbleach English
- overbleach English
- photobleach English
- postbleach English
- prebleach English
- rebleach English
- Bleichmittel German
- Bleichstoff German
- Mittel German
- Stoff German
- verbleichen German
- bleekselderij Dutch, Flemish
- bleekveld Dutch, Flemish
- bleken Dutch, Flemish
- bleker Dutch, Flemish
- verbleken Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blaikijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blican Old English
- blīcan Old English
- bleche Middle English
- bleikja Old Norse
- blíkja Old Norse
- blêken Middle Dutch
- bleihhen Old High German
- blīhhan Old High German
- bleichen Middle High German
- blīchen Middle High German
- bleechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *blaikijan gmw-pro
- *blīkan gmw-pro
- *blēken Old Dutch
- *blīcan Old Dutch
- blīka Old Frisian