Black Box

See also: blackbox, black box, and Blackbox

German

Pronunciation
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Noun

Black Box f (genitive Black Box, plural Black Boxen or Black Boxes)

  1. Alternative spelling of Blackbox

Usage notes
  • The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of an adjective (that carries the stress) and a noun be written solid (Blackbox) or, alternatively, spaced (Black Box). The hyphenated spelling (Black-Box) is proscribed.[1]

Declension
Declension of Black Box [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Black Box die Black Boxen, Black Boxes
genitive einer der Black Box der Black Boxen, Black Boxes
dative einer der Black Box den Black Boxen, Black Boxes
accusative eine die Black Box die Black Boxen, Black Boxes

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

Further reading
  • “Black Box” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Black Box” in Duden online
  • “Black Box” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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