Strich
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See also: strich
German
Etymology
From Middle High German strich, from Old High German strih, from Proto-West Germanic *striki.
Pronunciation
Noun
Strich m (strong, genitive Striches or Strichs, plural Striche, diminutive Strichlein n or Strichelchen n)
- stroke
- line
- the direction to which hairs, or similar things, are inclined
- Katzen muss man mit dem Strich streicheln.
- Cats must be stroked with the fur.
- (informal) streetwalkers' district
- (informal) prostitution (chiefly as a milieu)
- Straßenstrich ― street prostitution
- (mathematics) prime (derivation symbol)
Declension
Declension of Strich
Derived terms
Strich
- Aalstrich
- Abstrich
- Anstrich
- Aufstrich
- Bleistiftstrich
- Bürstenstrich
- Doppelstrich
- Eichstrich
- Farbstrich
- Haarstrich
- Landstrich
- Längstrich
- Nachstrich
- Pinselstrich
- Querstrich
- Schattenstrich
- Strichel n or m
- Strichcode
- Teilstrich
- Teilungsstrich
- Vorstrich
- Strichmännchen
- einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen
- gegen den Strich
- nach Strich und Faden
- unter dem Strich
- (punctuation marks)
- (prostitution)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Russian: штрих (štrix)
Further reading
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Strich m (plural Strich, diminutive Strichelche)