Black-out
Appearance
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Black-out m or n (strong, genitive Black-outs or Black-out, plural Black-outs)
- Alternative spelling of Blackout
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]Declension of Black-out [masculine // neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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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
[edit]- ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20
Further reading
[edit]- Black-out on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Black-out” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Black-out” in Duden online
- “Black-out” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon