Black-out

German

Pronunciation
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Noun

Black-out m or n (strong, genitive Black-outs or Black-out, plural Black-outs)

  1. Alternative spelling of Blackout

Usage notes
  • The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of a verb and a particle be written solid (Blackout) or, alternatively, hyphenated (Black-out). The spaced spelling (Black out) is proscribed.[1]

Declension
Declension of Black-out [masculine // neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Black-out die Black-outs
genitive eines des Black-outs, Black-out der Black-outs
dative einem dem Black-out den Black-outs
accusative einen, ein den, das Black-out die Black-outs

References
  1. “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎ (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20

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