bleek

• IPA^(key): /bleːk/
• Hyphenation: bleek
• Rhymes: -eːk

From Middle Dutch blêec, from Old Dutch *blēk, from Proto-West Germanic *blaik, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.

bleek (comparative bleker, superlative bleekst)

1. pale

   Antonym: donker

2. bleak

   Antonym: felgekleurd

• Negerhollands: bleek
• → Papiamentu: blek, bleek
• → Sranan Tongo: breiki

From the adjective bleek or from the verb bleken.

bleek f (uncountable)

1. bleach (chemical used for bleaching)
2. the act of bleaching
3. bleachfield

• → Papiamentu: bliki

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bleek

1. inflection of bleken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bleek

1. singular past indicative of blijken

• bleke