strik

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strək/

Etymology 1

From Dutch strik, from Middle Dutch stric, from Old Dutch stric, from Proto-Germanic *strikkiz (“line; rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“stiff; rigid; tight; rope; cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

strik (plural strikke)

1. bow (type of knot)
2. snare

Etymology 2

From Dutch strikken, from Middle Dutch stricken.

Verb

strik (present strik, present participle strikkende, past participle gestrik)

1. (transitive) to tie (e.g. of laces, ribbons, etc.)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɪk/

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• Hyphenation: strik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stric, stricke, strec, from Old Dutch stric, from Proto-Germanic *strikkiz (“line; rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“stiff; rigid; tight; rope; cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

strik m (plural strikken, diminutive strikje n)

1. tie, knot
2. bow (type of knot)
3. snare
4. tangle (in one's hair)

Derived terms

• bestrikken
• ontstrikken
• strikken
• valstrik
• verstrikken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: strik
• Negerhollands: strikkie (from the diminutive)
• → Papiamentu: streki, strikki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

strik

1. inflection of strikken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɪːk/

  Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

strik n (genitive singular striks, nominative plural strik)

1. line, stroke
2. (geometry) line segment
3. point (on a compass)
4. hyphen

   Synonym: bandstrik

5. (figurative) a direct course (connoting speed, efficiency or determinedness)

Declension

Derived terms

• bandstrik (“hyphen”)
• strikamerki (“barcode”)

Further reading

• “strik” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)