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German
Etymology
From Middle High German strelen, from Old High German strâlen, from Proto-West Germanic *strâljan.
Verb
strählen (weak, third-person singular present strählt, past tense strählte, past participle gestrählt, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic, dialectal) to comb, to brush
- Synonym: kämmen
- (dialectal) to mock, to heckle
- Synonyms: hecheln, schnurren
2023 January 20, “Alt-Konstanzer Hansele: „Wir schnurren und strählen“”, in Konstanzer Anzeiger:Aber auch das Schnurren und Strählen, das Aufsagen von Narrensprüchle steht in der alten Fasnachtstradition. Eine Tradition, die nicht mehr von vielen Zünften und Gruppen gelebt wird.- But also the mocking and heckling, the reciting of fools' sayings stands in the old Carnival tradition. A tradition, that is no longer kept alive by many guilds and groups.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
strählen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
strählen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “strählen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “strählen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “strählen” in Duden online
- “strählen” in OpenThesaurus.de