bläck

See also: black and Black

Central Franconian

Etymology

Immediately comparable with Dutch blak (“bald, flat”) and thus possibly an unshifted form. Further probably related with German blecken (“to show one's teeth”), Dutch blaken (“to glow, blaze”), and hence with the root of English bleak, blank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛk/

Adjective

bläck (masculine bläcke, feminine and plural bläcke or bläck, comparative bläcker, superlative et bläckste)

1. (chiefly Ripuarian) bare, naked, uncovered; said of body parts, not of people

   Wat lööfs de och met bläcke Been durch der Schnie?

   For what did you run through the snow with bare legs at all?

See also

• nackig

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛk/
• Homophone: bleck (in accents where short e and ä are merged)

Noun

bläck n

1. ink; pigment or dye for writing, printing etc
2. ink; dark colored fluid ejected by certain squids and octopuses

Declension

Declension of bläck

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bläck	bläcks
	definite	bläcket	bläckets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• bläckfisk
• bläckpenna

Further reading

• bläck in Svensk ordbok.