Strähne

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German strëne, from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *strenō, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“strip, line, streak”).

Cognate with Dutch streen and probably English strand. The spelling -ä- indicates the Middle High German low/open -ë- (as sporadically in other words, e.g. Bär).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈʃtrɛːnə/, [ˈʃtʁɛː.nə], [ˈʃtʁeː.nə]
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Hyphenation: Sträh‧ne

Noun edit

Strähne f (genitive Strähne, plural Strähnen, diminutive Strähnchen n)

strand (of hair)
(fairly rare) streak (of a liquid), bundle of rays (of light)
(figurative) streak (uninterrupted series of events)

Declension edit

Declension of Strähne [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Strähne	die	Strähnen
genitive	einer	der	Strähne	der	Strähnen
dative	einer	der	Strähne	den	Strähnen
accusative	eine	die	Strähne	die	Strähnen

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Descendants edit

→ Serbo-Croatian: štrena, штрена