Blackbox

See also: blackbox, black box, and Black Box

German

Alternative forms

• Black Box

Etymology

Borrowed from English black box.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛkˌbɔks/

• Audio:

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Noun

Blackbox f (genitive Blackbox, plural Blackboxen or Blackboxes)

1. (aviation) black box; flight recorder

   Synonym: Flugschreiber

Usage notes

• The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of an adjective (that carries the stress) and a noun be written solid (Blackbox) or, alternatively, spaced (Black Box). The hyphenated spelling (Black-Box) is proscribed.
• Blackbox refers especially to the protective box, while Flugschreiber refers especially to the recorders inside of it. Hence, die Blackbox bergen (“to recover the black box”), but den Flugschreiber auswerten (“to analyse the flight recorder”). Nevertheless, both terms are also used interchangeably.
• While the simplex Box has only the Germanised plural Boxen, the compound Blackbox also uses the English plural in -es.

Declension

Declension of Blackbox [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Blackbox	die	Blackboxen, Blackboxes
genitive	einer	der	Blackbox	der	Blackboxen, Blackboxes
dative	einer	der	Blackbox	den	Blackboxen, Blackboxes
accusative	eine	die	Blackbox	die	Blackboxen, Blackboxes

Further reading

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