strik
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
strik (plural strikke)
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch strikken, from Middle Dutch stricken.
Verb edit
strik (present strik, present participle strikkende, past participle gestrik)
- (transitive) to tie (e.g. of laces, ribbons, etc.)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
strik m (plural strikken, diminutive strikje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
strik
- inflection of strikken:
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
strik n (genitive singular striks, nominative plural strik)
- line, stroke
- (geometry) line segment
- point (on a compass)
- hyphen
- Synonym: bandstrik
- (figurative) a direct course (connoting speed, efficiency or determinedness)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- bandstrik (“hyphen”)
- strikamerki (“barcode”)
Further reading edit
- “strik” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)