Leck

See also: leck

English

Proper noun

Leck

1. A village and civil parish (served by Ireby with Leck Parish Council) in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6476).
2. A municipality in Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
3. An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States, derived from the given name Elexius.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lek, a nominalization of the adjective leck (“leaky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Leck n (strong, genitive Lecks or Leckes, plural Lecks or (rare) Lecke)

1. leak (hole in a large container, such as in a tank)
2. (nautical) leak (hole in the body of a ship)
3. leak (unauthorized release of private or classified information)
   • 2023, BR24 Redaktion, “US-Datenleck: FBI nimmt Mitglied der Nationalgarde fest”, in BR24‎^[1]:

     US-Medien berichteten kurz vor Ostern erstmals über das Leck, ohne die Dokumente selbst zu veröffentlichen.

     U.S. media first reported about the leak shortly before Easter, without publishing the documents themselves.

   • 2023, Armin Arbeiter, “Weitere „Geheimdokumente“ tauchen auf, das Pentagon ist besorgt”, in Kurier‎^[2]:

     Das Leck könne „enorme Auswirkungen nicht nur auf unserer nationale Sicherheit haben, sondern auch zum Tod von Menschen führen“, sagte Pentagon-Sprecher Chris Meagher.

     The leak could "not only have enormous repercussions on our national security, but also lead to the death of people", said Pentagon spokesperson Chris Meagher.

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Lecks. The form Lecke is rare.

Declension

Declension of Leck [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Leck	die	Lecks, Lecke2
genitive	eines	des	Lecks, Leckes	der	Lecks, Lecke2
dative	einem	dem	Leck, Lecke1	den	Lecks, Lecken2
accusative	ein	das	Leck	die	Lecks, Lecke2

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Rare.

Derived terms

• Datenleck

Further reading

• “Leck” in Duden online
• “Leck”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)
• “Leck” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon