See also: Strafn

Bavarian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle High German streifen, from Old High German *streifen, from Proto-Germanic *straipijaną, *stripōną (to touch), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *strē- (strip, streak).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥rɑːfɱ̩/
  • Hyphenation: strafn

Verb edit

strafn (past participle gstraft) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. to brush, to graze, to stroke [auxiliary håbn]
    Er håd unabsichtle de frisch gstrichane Wånd gstreift.He accidentally grazed the freshly painted wall.
  2. to wander, to roam [auxiliary sei]
    Åm Nåchmittag strafn de Kinder gern durchan Woid.In the afternoon the children like to roam through the forest.

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