Fleck

== English == === Proper noun === Fleck A surname. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vlëc, from Old High German flec, flek, from Proto-West Germanic *flekkō, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark”). Cognate with Dutch vlek, English fleck. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɛk/ === Noun === Fleck m (strong or mixed, genitive Flecks, plural Flecke or Flecken, diminutive Fleckchen n) stain, spot, blot, fleck, smear corner, spot (part or region) (now archaic, regional) shred, flap, flake, fleck 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 ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Leberfleck Pigmentfleck Sonnenfleck ==== 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: Cyrillic script: фле̏ка (“spot”) Latin script: flȅka (“spot”) → Slovak: fľak (“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) a surname ==== Declension ==== === 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-West Germanic *flekkō, 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) spot, stain patch, spot, area