Black-out

Black-out

See also: blackout, Blackout, black-out, and black out

German

Noun

Black-out m or n (strong, genitive Black-outs or Black-out, plural Black-outs)

1. Alternative spelling of 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.[1]

Declension

Declension of Black-out [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Black-out	die	Black-outs
genitive	eines	des	Black-outs, Black-out	der	Black-outs
dative	einem	dem	Black-out	den	Black-outs
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Black-out	die	Black-outs

References

1. “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎ (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (please provide a date or year), archived from the original on 2023-01-20

Further reading

• Black-out on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Black-out” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Black-out” in Duden online
• “Black-out” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon