blinken
German, verb/ˈblɪŋkən/
blinken is spelled B-L-I-N-K-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blinken is a German verb meaning “to blink (flash on and off)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rhythmisch kurze Lichtsignale aussenden”.
What does blinken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blink (flash on and off)
- 2
to indicate (signal that one intends to turn left or right)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. rhythmisch kurze Lichtsignale aussenden 2. den Fahrtrichtungsanzeiger im Auto benutzen, um anzuzeigen, dass man abbiegen oder überholen möchte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of blinken
- blinkt present singular third-person
- blinkte past
- geblinkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- blinkend participle present
- blinke first-person indicative present
- blinkst indicative present second-person
- blinkest second-person singular subjunctive
- blinket plural second-person subjunctive
- blinkten first-person indicative plural
- blinktest indicative preterite second-person
- blinktet indicative plural preterite
- blink imperative second-person singular
- habe geblinkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geblinkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- blink! imperative singular
- blinke! imperative singular
- blinkt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blinken?
- /ˈblɪŋkən/
- [ˈblɪŋkən]
- [ˈblɪŋkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to blinken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blinken in German?
blinken appears 1.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).