Block

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English

Etymology

Proper noun

Block (countable and uncountable, plural Blocks)

  1. A surname.
    • 1994, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast, Gay & Lesbian Literature: Introduction to gay male literature, page 37:
      The major themes in Francesca Lia Block's books include the necessity of love and the acceptance of and celebration of racial and sexual difference.
    1. A surname from the Germanic languages
      1. A surname from German
      2. A surname from Dutch
      3. An English surname
    2. A Jewish surname
  2. An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.

Statistics

  • Block is most common among White individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bloc, from Old High German bloc. The more common Middle High German form was originally bloch, from Old High German bloh. The variant prevailed in modern German under the reinforcing influence of Middle Low German block. All from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką.

The architectural sense is loaned from English block (and may therefore take a plural in -s).

Pronunciation

Noun

Block m (strong, genitive Blockes or Blocks, plural Blöcke or Blocks)

  1. bloc
  2. block (thick, roughly cuboid object, e.g. cake of soap, block of ice, wood, etc.)
  3. block (large building or group of such)
  4. pad (of paper)

Usage notes

  • The normal plural is Blöcke.
  • The plural Blocks is often, but not necessarily, used for sense 3 (“large building”).

Declension

Declension of Block
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Block die Blöcke, Blocks
genitive eines des Blockes, Blocks der Blöcke, Blocks
dative einem dem Block, Blocke1 den Blöcken, Blocks
accusative einen den Block die Blöcke, Blocks

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: bloc
  • → Czech: blok
  • → Hungarian: blokk
  • → Polish: blok
  • → Russian: блок (blok)
  • → Slovene: blok

Further reading

  • “Block” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Block” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Block” in Duden online
  • Block on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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