straks

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Danish

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Etymology

From Middle Low German strakes, strackes (“stretched, right away”), cognate with German stracks, Dutch straks (“later”). The Low German word was also borrowed to Norwegian straks,Swedish strax, Icelandic strax. The adverb is derived from the adjective Middle Low German strak (“straight”), German strack (“straight”), from Proto-West Germanic *strak.

Pronunciation

Adverb

straks

  1. at once, immediately, straight away, right away, instantly
  2. presently, shortly

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Conjunction

straks

  1. as soon as

Dutch

Alternative forms

strax (informal, Internet, text messaging)

Etymology

From strak (“straight”) +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑks
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Adverb

straks

  1. later today, shortly, in a moment
    tot straks ― see you later
  2. soon (in an unspecified amount of time)
    • 2023, Abel van Gijlswijk, Ben kraak, Kaj Bos, Nout Kooij (lyrics and music), “STEEK DE MONA LISA IN DE FIK”, in BEN JE BANG?, performed by Hang Youth:
      Steek de Mona Lisa in de fik / Al die shit betekent niks / Want straks zijn we allemaal dood
      Set the Mona Lisa on fire / All that shit means nothing / Because soon we'll all be dead
  3. soon (used to indicate what will happen if things continue as present)
    • 2020, Heleen Mees, “Straks zijn we allemaal Italianen”, in de Volkskrant‎:
      Als de EU er niet in slaagt een mondiale speler te worden in de innovatieve sectoren, zijn we straks allemaal Italianen.
      If the EU fails to become a global player in the innovative sectors, we will all be Italians soon.
  4. (Suriname, elsewhere dialectal) immediately, right now

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Adjective

straks

  1. partitive of strak

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German strak (“straight”).

Adverb

straks

  1. immediately; right away
  2. just

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Noun

straks m (definite singular straksen, indefinite plural strakser, definite plural straksene)

  1. a very short time period; a jiffy

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Conjunction

straks

  1. as soon as

References

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