streck
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Luxembourgish[edit]
Verb[edit]
streck
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Used in this form in the Bible translation of 1541. From Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki.
Cognate with Norwegian strek, Danish streg, corresponding to Gothic striks, Middle Low German streke, Middle High German and German Strich, related to German verb streichen and English strike.
A separate loan is the sense as a rope, from Old High German stric, German Strick, Middle Low German strik.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
streck n
- a short(ish) line; a line, a dash
- att dra ett streck över något
- to draw a line under something (idiomatically with "over" in Swedish)
- streck i debatten
- end of discussion, no more questions or speakers admitted
- ett streck i räkningen
- a miscalculation, an unforeseen obstacle
- a clothesline
- Synonym: klädstreck
- a mischievous act
Declension[edit]
Declension of streck | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | streck | strecket | streck | strecken |
Genitive | strecks | streckets | strecks | streckens |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- streck in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- streck in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- streck in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- streck in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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- Luxembourgish non-lemma forms
- Luxembourgish verb forms
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish terms with homophones
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples