Blackout

• Black-out

Unadapted borrowing from English blackout.

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

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

1. blackout

• 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]

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