Streit

See also: streit

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strīt, from Old High German strīt, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁaɪ̯t/

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Noun

Streit m (genitive Streites or Streits, plural Streite)

1. quarrel, dispute, fight, argument

   Streit um des Kaisers Bart ― Quarrel about something unimportant (literally, “Dispute over the Kaiser's beard”)

2. (archaic outside of compounds) fight, battle

Usage notes

• Neither of the existing plural forms is very common. In formal German, Streitigkeiten is normally used instead. Streite is listed in some dictionaries but is quite uncommon. The plural form Streits is a recent innovation (possibly on the model of Streiks) which has become somewhat common in colloquial German but is considered incorrect in formal style.

Derived terms

• Erbstreit
• Rechtsstreit
• Streitaxt
• streitbefangen
• Streitbeilegung
• Streitentstehung
• Streitgespräch
• Streithahn
• Streithammel
• streitig
• Streitigkeit
• Streitkraft
• Streitlust
• Streitsucht
• Streitvermeidung
• Streitwagen
• Wettstreit
• Wortstreit

 

Related terms

• Streiterei
• Abstreiten
• Abstreitung
• Bestreiten
• Bestreitung

Further reading

• “Streit” in Duden online