streichen

See also: Streichen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strīchen, from Old High German strīhhan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg-. Cognate with Dutch strijken, English strike, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʀaɪ̯çn̩/, /ˈʃtʀaɪ̯çən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: strei‧chen

Verb

streichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular simple present streicht, past tense strich, past participle gestrichen, past subjunctive striche, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to stroke
  2. (transitive) to cancel; to discard; to delete; to strike out; to cross out
  3. (transitive) to spread; to rub; to apply
  4. (transitive) to paint

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • abstreichen
  • anstreichen
  • aufstreichen
  • draufstreichen
  • durchstreichen
  • einstreichen
  • fortstreichen
  • glattstreichen
  • herumstreichen
  • nachstreichen
  • streichbar
  • überstreichen
  • verstreichen
  • vorstreichen
  • wegstreichen

See also

Further reading

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