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Luxembourgish
Verb
streck
- second-person singular imperative of strecken
Swedish
Etymology
Used in this form in the Bible translation of 1541. From Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki.
Cognate with Norwegian strek, Danish streg, corresponding to Gothic striks, Middle Low German streke, Middle High German and German Strich, related to German verb streichen and English strike.
A separate loan is the sense as a rope, from Old High German stric, German Strick, Middle Low German strik.
Pronunciation
Noun
streck n
- a short(ish) line; a line, a dash
streck i debatten- end of discussion, no more questions or speakers admitted
ett streck i räkningen- a miscalculation, an unforeseen obstacle
- a clothesline
- Synonym: klädstreck
- a mischievous act
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