bläck

Etymology

Immediately comparable with Dutch blak (“bald; flat”) and thus possibly an unshifted form. Further probably related with Dutch blaken (“to glow, blaze”), and hence with the root of English bleak, blank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛk/

Adjective

bläck (masculine bläcke, feminine bläck, comparative bläcker, superlative et bläckste)

1. (chiefly Ripuarian) bare; naked; uncovered; said of body parts, not of people

   Wat lööfs de och met bläcke Been durch der Schnie?

   For what did you run through the snow with bare legs at all?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛk/
• Homophone: bleck (in accents where where short e and ä are merged)

Noun

bläck n

1. ink; pigment or dye for writing, printing etc
2. ink; dark colored fluid ejected by certain squids and octopuses