Leck

Leck

1. A village and civil parish (served by Ireby with Leck Parish Council) in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6476). ^[1]
2. A municipality in Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
3. An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States, derived from the given name Elexius.

Borrowed from Middle Low German lek, a nominalization of the adjective leck (“leaky”).

• IPA^(key): /lɛk/

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Leck n (strong, genitive Lecks or Leckes, plural Lecks or (rare) Lecke)

1. leak (hole in a large container, such as in a tank)
2. (nautical) leak (hole in the body of a ship)
3. leak (unauthorized release of private or classified information)
   • 2023, BR24 Redaktion, “US-Datenleck: FBI nimmt Mitglied der Nationalgarde fest”, in BR24‎^[1]:

     US-Medien berichteten kurz vor Ostern erstmals über das Leck, ohne die Dokumente selbst zu veröffentlichen.

     U.S. media first reported about the leak shortly before Easter, without publishing the documents themselves.

   • 2023, Armin Arbeiter, “Weitere „Geheimdokumente“ tauchen auf, das Pentagon ist besorgt”, in Kurier‎^[2]:

     Das Leck könne „enorme Auswirkungen nicht nur auf unserer nationale Sicherheit haben, sondern auch zum Tod von Menschen führen“, sagte Pentagon-Sprecher Chris Meagher.

     The leak could "not only have enormous repercussions on our national security, but also lead to the death of people", said Pentagon spokesperson Chris Meagher.

• The normal plural is Lecks. The form Lecke is rare.

• Datenleck

• “Leck” in Duden online
• “Leck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Leck” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon