strecken

From Middle High German strecken, from Old High German strecken, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtrɛkən/, ,

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strecken (weak, third-person singular present streckt, past tense streckte, past participle gestreckt, auxiliary haben)

1. (reflexive) to stretch (oneself, for example after waking up)

   Synonyms: dehnen, räkeln

2. (transitive) to stretch (a specific body part)

   Sie streckte ihre müden Glieder.

   She stretched her tired limbs.

3. (transitive) to extend (a body part)

   Sie streckte den Hals, um über den Zaun zu sehen.

   She craned her neck to see over the fence.

4. (transitive) to elongate, lengthen
5. (transitive) to dilute, thin, cut (mix with water or another available ingredient)

   Wenn wir die Soße ein bisschen strecken, wird sie reichen.

   If we add some water (or oil etc.) to the sauce, it'll be enough.

   Er streckte den Wein mit Wasser.

   He diluted the wine with water.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtʀækən/
  • Rhymes: -ækən

From Middle High German strecken, from Old High German strecken, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan.

strecken (third-person singular present streckt, past participle gestreckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to stretch

• ausstrecken
• erastrecken
• erausstrecken
• erstrecken
• opstrecken
• virstrecken

From Middle High German strīchen, from Old High German strīhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan (“to rub, stroke”).

strecken (third-person singular present streckt, past participle gestreckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to iron (clothes)

• Streck

From Old Dutch *strecken.

strecken

1. to stretch, to stretch out
2. to spread
3. to stretch out (of land)
4. to reach
5. to suffice
6. to last (a certain time)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: strekken
• Limburgish: strèkke

• “strecken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “strecken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

strecken

1. definite plural of streck