bläck

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See also: black and Black

Central Franconian

Etymology

Immediately comparable with Dutch blak (bald, flat) and thus possibly an unshifted form. Further probably related with German blecken (to show one's teeth), Dutch blaken (to glow, blaze), and hence with the root of English bleak, blank.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bläck (masculine bläcke, feminine and plural bläcke or bläck, comparative bläcker, superlative et bläckste)

  1. (chiefly Ripuarian) bare, naked, uncovered; said of body parts, not of people
    Wat lööfs de och met bläcke Been durch der Schnie?
    For what did you run through the snow with bare legs at all?

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

bläck n

  1. ink; pigment or dye for writing, printing etc
  2. ink; dark colored fluid ejected by certain squids and octopuses

Declension

Declension of bläck 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bläck bläcket
Genitive bläcks bläckets

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