stryge

Danish

Etymology

Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic *streukaną, cognate with Swedish stryka. The similar verbs English stroke and German streichen go back to an unrelated word, *strīkaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥ʁyːə], [ˈsd̥ʁyːy]

Verb

stryge (imperative stryg, infinitive at stryge, present tense stryger, past tense strøg, perfect tense strøget)

1. to stroke, to gently caress

   Hun strøg ham om kinden.

   She caressed his cheek.

2. to iron (cloth); to pass an iron over

Conjugation

Inflection of stryge

	present	past
simple	stryger	strøg
perfect	har strøgt	havde strøgt
passive	stryges	—
participle	strygende	strøgt
imperative	stryg	—
infinitive	stryge	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	strygen	—

Descendants

• → Icelandic: strauja, straua

Further reading

• “stryge” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “stryge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx). Compare Old French estrie, which was the inherited form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʁiʒ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

stryge f (plural stryges)

1. (mythology, folklore) strix
2. (literary or archaic) witch

Further reading

• “stryge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.