bleichen

Etymology
From a merger of, from , from , from , and , from , from , from. Related to. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬 and , 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to bleach
 * 2)  to fade, to lose colour

Usage notes

 * When transitive (meaning “to bleach”), bleichen is originally and predominantly weak (bleichte, gebleicht). Strong forms (blich, geblichen) are very rare in the simplex, but they are commonly seen in transitive compounds like : Die Sonne hat die Wand ausgeblichen / ausgebleicht. (“The sun has bleached out [the colour of] the wall.”)
 * When intransitive (meaning “to fade”), bleichen is almost exclusively strong. Intransitive use, however, is per se rare in the simplex and occurs chiefly in compounds like, , etc.
 * As a fallible rule of thumb, therefore, one can say that the simplex bleichen will be weak while compounds will be strong.