strecken

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See also: Strecken, and strécken

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtʁɛkŋ̩], [ˈʃtʁɛkən]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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

  1. (reflexive) to stretch (oneself, for example before exercise or after waking up)
  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. (reflexive or transitive) to stretch out, to lie down
    Ich streckte mich auf dem Sofa aus und schlief ein.
    I stretched out on the sofa and fell asleep.
  5. (transitive) to elongate, lengthen
  6. (transitive) to dilute, cut
    Er streckte den Wein mit Wasser.
    He diluted the wine with water.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • strecken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • strecken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • strecken” in Duden online
  • strecken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. to stretch
Conjugation
Regular
infinitive strecken
participle gestreckt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular strecken
2nd singular strecks streck
3rd singular streckt
1st plural strecken
2nd plural streckt streckt
3rd plural strecken
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. to iron (clothes)
Conjugation
Regular
infinitive strecken
participle gestreckt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular strecken
2nd singular strecks streck
3rd singular streckt
1st plural strecken
2nd plural streckt streckt
3rd plural strecken
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *strecken.

Verb

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)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: strekken
  • Limburgish: strèkke

Further reading


Swedish

Noun

strecken

  1. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of streck