strek

See also: štrek, stręk, and Stręk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch strekken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɛk/

Verb

strek (present strek, present participle strek, past participle gestrek)

1. (intransitive) to stretch, to extend
2. (intransitive) to take up an area, to extend

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

strek

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

Anagrams

• kerst, sterk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse strik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /streːk/

Noun

strek m (definite singular streken, indefinite plural streker, definite plural strekene)

1. a line (a mark made by a pen, pencil, etc.)

   En bindestrek er en veldig kort strek.

   A hyphen is a very short line.

2. (most often in compound words) a mischief

   En revestrek.

   A fox's mischief.

Derived terms

• bindestrek

References

• “strek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki. Compare Swedish streck, Danish streg and German Strich. The Swedish cognate had both masculine and neuter gender, like Norwegian, but today is only neutrum used as standard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /streːk/

Noun

strek m (definite singular streken, indefinite plural strekar, definite plural strekane)
strek n (definite singular streket, indefinite plural strek, definite plural streka)

1. a line (a mark made by a pen, pencil, etc.)

   Ein bindestrek er ein veldig kort strek.

   A hyphen is a very short line.

Derived terms

• bindestrek

Etymology 2

Compare Danish streg and Swedish streck.

Noun

strek m or n (plural strekar or strek)

1. mischief

Derived terms

• rampestrek (“prank, hooliganism”)