Fleck

See also: fleck, fléck, and Fléck

English

Proper noun

Fleck

1. A surname

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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 (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

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.

Hyponyms

• Leberfleck
• Leberfleck
• Pigmentfleck
• Sonnenfleck

Derived terms

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

 

Descendants

• → Czech: flek (“spot”)
• → Polish: flak (“tripe”)
  • → 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 (genitive Flecks)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Fleck” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vlec, from Old High German flec. 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