strik

See also: štrik

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strək/

Etymology 1

From Dutch strik, from Middle Dutch stric, from Old Dutch stric, from Proto-Germanic *strikkiz (line; rope), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (stiff; rigid; tight; rope; cord), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (stiff).

Noun

strik (plural strikke)

  1. bow (type of knot)
  2. snare

Etymology 2

From Dutch strikken, from Middle Dutch stricken.

Verb

strik (present strik, present participle strikkende, past participle gestrik)

  1. (transitive) to tie (e.g. of laces, ribbons, etc.)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strɪk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: strik
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stric, stricke, strec, from Old Dutch stric, from Proto-Germanic *strikkiz (line; rope), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (stiff; rigid; tight; rope; cord), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (stiff).

Noun

strik m (plural strikken, diminutive strikje n)

  1. tie, knot
  2. bow (type of knot)
  3. snare
  4. tangle (in one's hair)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: strik
  • Negerhollands: strikkie (from the diminutive)
  • Papiamentu: streki, strikki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

strik

  1. inflection of strikken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɪːk/
    Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

strik n (genitive singular striks, nominative plural strik)

  1. line, stroke
  2. (geometry) line segment
  3. point (on a compass)
  4. hyphen
    Synonym: bandstrik
  5. (figurative) a direct course (connoting speed, efficiency or determinedness)

Declension

Declension of strik (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative strik strikið strik strikin
accusative strik strikið strik strikin
dative striki strikinu strikum strikunum
genitive striks striksins strika strikanna

Derived terms

Further reading