Block

block English Etymology A en gem - surname (en de -, en nl - and English), from en de Block and en nl blok respectively. As an English surname from the same cognate, en block. As a Jewish surname, Americanized from en Bloch. Also see en Vlach. Proper noun ~ s en. en 1994 Tom Pendergast; Sara Pendergast Gay & Lesbian Literature: Introduction to gay male literature 37 The major themes in Francesca Lia Blocks books include the necessity of love and the acceptance of and celebration of racial and sexual difference. en Portlandia Bomb (magazine) BOMB https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2011/01/25/portlandia/ 2011-01-25 Zachary Block chats with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen about their new show, Portlandia, which airs on IFC, Fridays at 10:30. https://web.archive.org/web/20251206235453/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2011/01/25/portlandia/ 6 December 2025 en Germanic languages en German en Dutch en English en Jewish en ucomm co/Champaign County s/Illinois c/USA. en ucomm co/Miami County s/Kansas c/USA. en Block Corners en ucomm co/Campbell County s/Tennessee c/USA. Derived terms en Block Corners en Block Island Statistics Block is most common among White individuals. Further reading German Etymology From de gmh bloc, from de goh bloc. The more common Middle High German form was originally gmh bloch, from de goh bloh. The variant prevailed in modern German under the reinforcing influence of de gml block. All from de gmw-pro *blokk, from de gem-pro *blukką. The architectural sense is loaned from de en block (and may therefore take a plural in -s). Pronunciation de /blɔk/ de De-Block.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Blog blogg block Noun m,(e)s,^e:s de politics bloc block thick, roughly cuboid object, e.g. cake of soap, block of ice, wood, etc. block large building or group of such de Gebäudeblock pad (of paper) de Papierblock Usage notes The normal plural is Blöcke. The plural Blocks is often, but not necessarily, used for sense 3 (“large building”). Declension m,(e)s,^e:s Hyponyms de Häuserblock Malblock Motorblock Notizblock Ostblock Schreibblock Related terms de Blockbuchstabe Blockflöte Blockhaus Blockschrift Blockunterricht Blockwart Descendants 1 ca bloc 1 cs blok 1 hu blokk 1 pl blok 1 ru блок 1 sl blok Further reading de