Fleck
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English
Proper noun
Fleck
- A surname.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vlëc, from Old High German flec, flek, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark”). Cognate with Dutch vlek, English fleck.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fleck m (strong or mixed, genitive Flecks, plural Flecke or Flecken, diminutive Fleckchen n)
- stain, spot, blot, fleck, smear
- corner, spot (part or region)
- (now archaic, regional) shred, flap, flake, fleck
- tripe
Usage notes
- Flecken is originally the plural of another singular (der) Flecken, but it is now commonly used as a plural of Fleck and is even predominant at least in some regions.
Declension
Declension of Fleck
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Czech: flek (“spot”)
- → Polish: flak (“entrail”)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: fĺak (“spot”)
- → Slovene: fileki (“tripe soup”)
Proper noun
Fleck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Flecks or (with an article) Fleck, feminine genitive Fleck, plural Flecks)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Fleck
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Fleck | (eine) | (die) | Fleck | (die) | Flecks |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Flecks, Fleck1 | (einer) | (der) | Fleck | (der) | Flecks |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Fleck | (einer) | (der) | Fleck | (den) | Flecks |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Fleck | (eine) | (die) | Fleck | (die) | Flecks |
1With an article.
Further reading
- “Fleck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Fleck” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Fleck” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German vlec, from Old High German flec, from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with German Fleck, Dutch vlek, English fleck, Swedish fläck.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fleck m (plural Flecken)