flek
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Fleck.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈflɛk]
- Hyphenation: flek
Noun
flek m inan
- (informal) spot
- (informal) job, employment, post
- (in the plural) a kind of small pasta
- (card games) raise, double (multiplies the current stake by 2)
Declension
Declension of flek
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flek | fleky |
| genitive | fleku | fleků |
| dative | fleku | flekům |
| accusative | flek | fleky |
| vocative | fleku | fleky |
| locative | fleku | flecích, flekách |
| instrumental | flekem | fleky |
Derived terms
- cucflek
- šunkafleky
References
- "flek" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Old High German
Alternative forms
- flec
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flekka-.
Noun
flek m
- spot
- mark
- piece
Declension
Declension of flek (masculine a-stem)
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flek | fleka |
| accusative | flek | fleka |
| genitive | flekes | fleko |
| dative | fleke | flekum |
| instrumental | fleku | — |
Descendants
- Middle High German: vlëc
- German: Fleck
- Yiddish: פֿלעק (flek)
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flêk/
Noun
flȅk m (Cyrillic spelling фле̏к)
- Alternative form of flȅka
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *flekk, from Proto-Germanic *flekka-.
Noun
flek c (plural flekken, diminutive flekje)
- spot, speck
- town, large village (in the past often possessing market rights)
Alternative forms
- flekke
Further reading
- “flek”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011