strieken

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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German strîken, from Old Saxon strīkan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg-.

Cognate with German streichen, Dutch strijken, English strike, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

Verb

strieken (third-person singular simple present strickt, past tense streek, past participle streken, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) to stroke
  2. (transitive) to cancel; to discard; to delete; to strike out; to cross out
  3. (transitive) to spread; to rub; to apply
  4. (transitive) to paint
  5. (transitive) to strike, protest

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