Blackout

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

German

Alternative forms

• Black-out

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blackout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɛkˌʔaʊ̯t]
• IPA^(key): [ˌblɛkˈʔaʊ̯t]

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Noun

Blackout m or n (strong, genitive Blackouts or Blackout, plural Blackouts)

1. 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.

Declension

Declension of Blackout [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Blackout	die	Blackouts
genitive	eines	des	Blackouts, Blackout	der	Blackouts
dative	einem	dem	Blackout	den	Blackouts
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Blackout	die	Blackouts

Further reading

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