streck

== Luxembourgish == === Verb === streck second-person singular imperative of strecken == Swedish == === Etymology === 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 === Hyphenation: streck Homophone: sträck === Noun === streck n a short(ish) line; a line, a dash a clothesline Synonym: klädstreck a mischievous act ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “streck”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “streck”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “streck”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) streck in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)