flek

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fleck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflɛk]
• Hyphenation: flek

Noun

flek m inan

1. (informal) spot
2. (informal) job, employment, post
3. (in the plural) a kind of small pasta
4. (card games) raise, double (multiplies the current stake by 2)

Declension

Declension of flek (velar masculine inanimate)

	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

 

Indonesian

Noun

flek (first-person possessive flekku, second-person possessive flekmu, third-person possessive fleknya)

1. spot
2. mark

Old High German

Alternative forms

• flec

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flekka-.

Noun

flek m

1. spot
2. mark
3. 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

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Polish

flek

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Fleck.

Noun

flek m inan (diminutive fleczek)

1. heeltap (piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe)
2. (education, school slang) F (the letter grade assigned) [with z (+ genitive) ‘in what subject’]

Declension

Declension of flek

	singular	plural
nominative	flek	fleki
genitive	fleka	fleków
dative	flekowi	flekom
accusative	flek	fleki
instrumental	flekiem	flekami
locative	fleku	flekach
vocative	fleku	fleki

Derived terms

adverbs

• na fleku
• z fleka

 

verbs

• brać pod fleki impf
• wziąć pod fleki pf

 

Etymology 2

Clipping of flejers.

Noun

flek m inan

1. (slang) jacket in thick nylon, with two inside and two outside pockets and one on the sleeve, insulated with orange fleece lining, fastened with a thick metal zip, finished with a stand-up collar and ribbed waist and sleeves, in Poland associated with skinheads and punks

   Synonym: flejers

Declension

Declension of flek

	singular	plural
nominative	flek	fleki
genitive	fleka	fleków
dative	flekowi	flekom
accusative	flek/fleka	fleki
instrumental	flekiem	flekami
locative	fleku	flekach
vocative	fleku	fleki

Further reading

• flek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• flek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flêk/

Noun

flȅk m (Cyrillic spelling фле̏к)

1. Alternative form of flȅka

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *flekk, from Proto-Germanic *flekka-.

Noun

flek c (plural flekken, diminutive flekje)

1. spot, speck
2. 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