Fleck
German (Berlin)
/flɛk/
noun
Definitions
- stain, spot, blot, fleck, smear
- corner, spot part or region
- (now) shred, flap, flake, fleck
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vlëc inherited from Old High German flec inherited from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (mark, spot, blemish).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flekka-
Gloss
mark, spot, blemish
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befleck English
- fleck English
- fleckless English
- flecky English
- snowfleck English
- Bauch German
- Bauchfleck German
- Fleckchen German
- Katze German
- Kleinfleckkatze German
- Knutschfleck German
- Schande German
- Schandfleck German
- befleckbar German
- beflecken German
- fleckig German
- klein German
- knutschen German
- kiemvlek Dutch, Flemish
- moedervlek Dutch, Flemish
- nevelvlek Dutch, Flemish
- olievlek Dutch, Flemish
- vlek Dutch, Flemish
- vlekkeloos Dutch, Flemish
- vlekken Dutch, Flemish
- vlektyfus Dutch, Flemish
- wijnvlek Dutch, Flemish
- zonnevlek Dutch, Flemish
- *pleh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- *flekka- Proto-Germanic
- *flekk Middle English
- flekkr Old Norse
- flek Czech
- šunkofleky Czech
- fleka Serbo-Croatian
- flekklaus Icelandic
- flekkur Icelandic
- vleck Middle Dutch
- flec Old High German
- vlec Middle High German
- vlëc Middle High German
- Fleck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Kuddelfleck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Sonnefleck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- flec Old Dutch