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Leck
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leck
English
Proper noun
en village/and/cpar (served by Ireby with Leck Parish Council) in dist/Lancaster co/Lancashire cc/England OS grid ref SD6476. Parish map (Lancashire)
en mun in dist/Nordfriesland s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany.
en ucomm co/Dickenson County s/Virginia c/USA, derived from the given name Elexius.
References
German
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Etymology
de gml lek, a nominalization of the adjective de leck leaky.
Pronunciation
de /lɛk/
de De-Leck.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,s:es,s:e[rare]
leak hole in a large container, such as in a tank
de nautical leak hole in the body of a ship
leak unauthorized release of private or classified information
de 2023 BR24 Redaktion US-Datenleck: FBI nimmt Mitglied der Nationalgarde fest BR24 https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/ermittlungen-zu-ukraine-leaks-us-nationalgardist-im-visier,TbKUWVv 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230514130815/https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/ermittlungen-zu-ukraine-leaks-us-nationalgardist-im-visier,TbKUWVv 14 May 2023
de 2023 Armin Arbeiter Weitere „Geheimdokumente“ tauchen auf, das Pentagon ist besorgt Kurier https://kurier.at/politik/ausland/weitere-geheimdokumente-tauchen-auf-das-pentagon-ist-besorgt/402397370 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250808073320/https://kurier.at/politik/ausland/weitere-geheimdokumente-tauchen-auf-das-pentagon-ist-besorgt/402397370 8 August 2025
Usage notes
The normal plural is Lecks. The form Lecke is rare.
Declension
n,s:es,s:e[rare]
Derived terms
de Datenleck
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