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Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German streifen, from Old High German *streifen, from Proto-Germanic *straipijaną, *stripōną (“to touch”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *strē- (“strip, streak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥rɑːfɱ̩/
- Hyphenation: strafn
Verb
strafn (past participle gstraft) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)
- to brush, to graze, to stroke
- Er håd unabsichtle de frisch gstrichane Wånd gstreift. ― He accidentally grazed the freshly painted wall.
- to wander, to roam
- Åm Nåchmittag strafn de Kinder gern durchan Woid. ― In the afternoon the children like to roam through the forest.
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