blicken
B1#3,630Hear it
verb
- to lookusually in a certain direction toward something
- to get, to understand
Forms
Present
| I | blicke |
|---|---|
| you | blickst |
| he, she, it | blickt |
| we | blicken |
| you (plural) | blickt |
| they | blicken |
Preterite
| I | blickte |
|---|---|
| you | blicktest |
| he, she, it | blickte |
| we | blickten |
| you (plural) | blicktet |
| they | blickten |
Subjunctive I
| I | blicke |
|---|---|
| you | blickest |
| he, she, it | blicke |
| we | blicken |
| you (plural) | blicket |
| they | blicken |
Subjunctive II
| I | blickte |
|---|---|
| you | blicktest |
| he, she, it | blickte |
| we | blickten |
| you (plural) | blicktet |
| they | blickten |
Imperative
| you | blick / blicke |
|---|---|
| you (plural) | blickt |
Other forms
| infinitive | blicken |
|---|---|
| past participle | geblickt |
| present participle | blickend |
Used in the library
- Aus dem Fenster blickt sie jeden Morgen zum Berg.She looks out of the window at the mountain every morning.B1Noch einmal, bitte (13) — Once more, please (13) (B1)
- Aus dem Fenster blickt sie jeden Morgen auf den Fluss.She looks out of the window at the river every morning.B1Noch einmal, bitte (20) — Once more, please (20) (B1)
- Mitten auf dem Platz blickt man seit 1995 durch eine Glasplatte in einen Raum unter der Erde.In the middle of the square, since 1995, you can look through a glass plate into a room under the ground.B1Bücher im Feuer — Books in the Fire
- Von der Seilbahn blickt man direkt in einen tiefen Abgrund.From the cable car you look straight down into a deep abyss.B2Noch einmal, bitte (8) — Once more, please (8) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- auffassento understand (something as, or in a certain way), to interpret, consider; to understand, comprehend, grasp
- begreifento grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom; to understand intellectually
- behirnento understand, to grasp
- checkento check (up), to inspect, examine; to grasp, to understand
- erfassento grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands); to collide with, to crash into, to run over (especially of vehicles colliding with people, animals or movable objects)
- kapierento understand intellectually; to get; to grasp
- nachvollziehento understand, to comprehend (a line of thought, a development, a motivation; with a focus on how something derives from previous steps or…; to retrace (the steps of a history or development)
- peilento take a bearing of, determine the direction, position, or depth of; to understand, grasp