strecken

See also: Strecken and strécken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strecken, from Old High German strecken, from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“rigid, stiff”). Compare Dutch strekken, Low German streken, English stretch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtʁɛkŋ̩], [ˈʃtʁɛkən]

• Audio:

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Verb

1. to straighten, stretch

   Sie streckte ihre müden Glieder. - She stretched her tired limbs.

2. to elongate, lengthen
3. to dilute, cut

   Er streckte den Wein mit Wasser. - He diluted the wine with water.

Related terms

• ausstrecken
• erstrecken
• hinstrecken
• niederstrecken
• strack
• Strecke
• Strecker
• vollstrecken
• vorstrecken

Further reading

• “strecken” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtʀækən/
  • Rhymes: -ækən

Etymology 1

From Old High German strecken, from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną. Cognate with German strecken, Dutch strekken, English stretch.

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

• ausstrecken
• erastrecken
• erausstrecken
• erstrecken
• opstrecken
• virstrecken

Etymology 2

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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

• Streck

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *strecken, from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną.

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

• “strecken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “strecken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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Swedish

Noun

strecken

1. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of streck