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

• Leberfleck
• Pigmentfleck
• Sonnenfleck

Derived terms

• beflecken
• Befleckung
• fleckend
• fleckenfrei
• fleckenlos
• Fleckfieber
• fleckig
• gefleckt
• Knutschfleck
• unbefleckt

 

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:
  • Cyrillic script: фле̏ка (“spot”)
  • Latin script: flȅka (“spot”)
• → 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

• “Fleck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fleck” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Fleck” in Duden online

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