Blackout

== German == === Alternative forms === Black-out === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blackout. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈblɛkˌʔaʊ̯t] IPA(key): [ˌblɛkˈʔaʊ̯t] === Noun === Blackout m or n (strong, genitive Blackouts or Blackout, plural Blackouts) blackout ==== Usage notes ==== 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. ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === Blackout on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Blackout” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Blackout” in Duden online “Blackout” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon