Fleck

See also: fleck, fléck, and Fléck

English

Proper noun

Fleck

  1. 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
  • IPA(key): /flɛk/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Fleck m (strong or mixed, genitive Flecks, plural Flecke or Flecken, diminutive Fleckchen n)

  1. stain, spot, blot, fleck, smear
  2. corner, spot (part or region)
  3. (now archaic, regional) shred, flap, flake, fleck
  4. 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 [masculine, strong // mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fleck die Flecke, Flecken
genitive eines des Flecks der Flecke, Flecken
dative einem dem Fleck den Flecken
accusative einen den Fleck die Flecke, Flecken

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Czech: flek (“spot”)
  • → Polish: flak (“entrail”)
    • → Russian: фля́ки (fljáki, “tripe soup”)
    • → Carpathian Rusyn: флякы (fljakŷ, “tripe soup”)
    • → Ukrainian: фля́ки (fljáky, “tripe soup”), хля́ки (xljáky, “tripe soup”), ґля́ґи (“tripe soup”)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: филѐки (“tripe soup”)
    • Latin script: filèki (“tripe soup”)
  • → 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)

  1. a surname

Declension
Declension of Fleck [masculine // feminine, surname]
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

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
  • IPA(key): /flæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

Noun

Fleck m (plural Flecken)

  1. spot, stain
  2. patch, spot, area
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