straks

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German strakes, strackes (stretched, right away), cognate with German stracks, Dutch straks (later). The Low German word was also borrowed to Norwegian straks,Swedish strax, Icelandic strax. The adverb is derived from the adjective Middle Low German strak (straight), German strack (straight), from Proto-West Germanic *strak.

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Adverb

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straks

  1. at once, immediately, straight away, right away, instantly
  2. presently, shortly

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straks

  1. as soon as

Dutch

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Etymology

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From strak (straight) +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑks
  • IPA(key): [strɑks]
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Adverb

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straks

  1. later today, shortly, in a moment
    tot strakssee you later
  2. soon (in an unspecified amount of time)
    • 2023, Abel van Gijlswijk, Ben kraak, Kaj Bos, Nout Kooij (lyrics and music), “STEEK DE MONA LISA IN DE FIK”, in BEN JE BANG?, performed by Hang Youth:
      Steek de Mona Lisa in de fik / Al die shit betekent niks / Want straks zijn we allemaal dood
      Set the Mona Lisa on fire / All that shit means nothing / Because soon we'll all be dead
  3. soon (used to indicate what will happen if things continue as present)
    • 2020, Heleen Mees, “Straks zijn we allemaal Italianen”, in de Volkskrant[1]:
      Als de EU er niet in slaagt een mondiale speler te worden in de innovatieve sectoren, zijn we straks allemaal Italianen.
      If the EU fails to become a global player in the innovative sectors, we will all be Italians soon.
  4. (Suriname, elsewhere dialectal) immediately, right now

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Adjective

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straks

  1. partitive of strak

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German strak (straight).

Adverb

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straks

  1. immediately; right away
  2. just

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Noun

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straks m (definite singular straksen, indefinite plural strakser, definite plural straksene)

  1. a very short time period; a jiffy

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Conjunction

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straks

  1. as soon as

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