stracks
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German strackes, from strac, whence rare German strack (“straight”). Compare Dutch straks.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editstracks
- (somewhat dated) directly, immediately, straightway
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Der Nachbarinn Haus”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One][1]:
- Gott verzeih’s meinem lieben Mann, / Er hat an mir nicht wohl gethan! / Geht da stracks in die Welt hinein, / Und läßt mich auf dem Stroh allein.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (dated or archaic) precisely, without deviating (especially from a rule or command)
Synonyms
edit- (directly, immediately): direkt, sofort, unmittelbar (formal)
Derived terms
edit- schnurstracks (remains more common)