strecken

See also: Strecken and strécken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strecken, from Old High German strecken, from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (rigid, stiff). Compare Dutch strekken, Low German streken, English stretch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtʁɛkŋ̩], [ˈʃtʁɛkən]
  • (file)

Verb

strecken (third-person singular simple present streckt, past tense streckte, past participle gestreckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to straighten, stretch
    Sie streckte ihre müden Glieder. - She stretched her tired limbs.
  2. to elongate, lengthen
  3. to dilute, cut
    Er streckte den Wein mit Wasser. - He diluted the wine with water.

Conjugation

Further reading


Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʀækən/
    • Rhymes: -ækən

Etymology 1

From Old High German strecken, from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną. Cognate with German strecken, Dutch strekken, English stretch.

Verb

strecken (third-person singular present streckt, past participle gestreckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to stretch
Conjugation
Regular
infinitive strecken
participle gestreckt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular strecken
2nd singular strecks streck
3rd singular streckt
1st plural strecken
2nd plural streckt streckt
3rd plural strecken
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

strecken (third-person singular present streckt, past participle gestreckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to iron (clothes)
Conjugation
Regular
infinitive strecken
participle gestreckt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular strecken
2nd singular strecks streck
3rd singular streckt
1st plural strecken
2nd plural streckt streckt
3rd plural strecken
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *strecken, from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną.

Verb

strecken

  1. to stretch, to stretch out
  2. to spread
  3. to stretch out (of land)
  4. to reach
  5. to suffice
  6. to last (a certain time)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • strecken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • strecken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Swedish

Noun

strecken

  1. definite plural of streck
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