strikt

English

Adjective

strikt (comparative strikter, superlative striktest)

  1. Obsolete spelling of strict.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

strikt (comparative strikter, superlative striktst)

  1. strict

Declension

Declension of strikt
uninflected strikt
inflected strikte
comparative strikter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial strikt strikter het striktst
het striktste
indefinite m./f. sing. strikte striktere striktste
n. sing. strikt strikter striktste
plural strikte striktere striktste
definite strikte striktere striktste
partitive strikts strikters

Adverb

strikt

  1. strictly

Verb

strikt

  1. inflection of strikken:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

German

Etymology

17th century, at first as an adverb from Latin stricte, from strictus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʁɪkt/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /stʁɪkt/ (northern and/or learned, now dated)
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  • Homophone: strickt (standard)

Adjective

strikt (strong nominative masculine singular strikter, comparative strikter, superlative am striktesten)

  1. strict, categorical, rigid, exact (but rarely in the sense of “harsh in discipline” as of a parent or teacher)
    Synonym: streng

Declension

Derived terms

  • Striktheit

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

strikt (not comparable)

  1. strict
    en strikt diet
    a strict diet
    strikta regler
    strict rules
    strikt klädkod
    strict dress code
    strikt uppfostran
    strict upbringing

Declension

Inflection of strikt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular strikt
neuter singular strikt
plural strikta
masculine plural2 strikte
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 strikte
all strikta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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