strak

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch strac (“tight, taut”), from Old Dutch *strak, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, *strakkaz (“straight, tight, tense”), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Middle Low German strac (“tight, taut”), Old English stræc (“firm, strict, rigorous, unyielding”), German strack (“straight, taut”). More at stretch.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑk

Adjective

strak (comparative strakker, superlative strakst)

1. tight
2. tense (showing stress or strain)

Declension

Declension of strak

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		strak	strakker
neuter singular	indefinite	strak	strakker
	definite	strakke	strakkere	strakste	strakst, strakste
common singular		strakke	strakkere	strakste	strakste
plural		strakke	strakkere	strakste	strakste
partitive		straks	strakkers

Derived terms

• straks

Anagrams

• krast, krats