Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch strelen, dialectal form of stralen, from Old Dutch *strālen, from Proto-Germanic *strēlijaną. Cognate with German dialectal form strählen.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːlən

Verb edit

strelen

  1. to pet, caress

Usage notes edit

Strelen usually carries a more sexual connotation than its synonym, aaien.

Inflection edit

Conjugation of strelen (weak)
infinitive strelen
past singular streelde
past participle gestreeld
infinitive strelen
gerund strelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular streel streelde
2nd person sing. (jij) streelt streelde
2nd person sing. (u) streelt streelde
2nd person sing. (gij) streelt streelde
3rd person singular streelt streelde
plural strelen streelden
subjunctive sing.1 strele streelde
subjunctive plur.1 strelen streelden
imperative sing. streel
imperative plur.1 streelt
participles strelend gestreeld
1) Archaic.

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: streekel

Anagrams edit