streifen

See also: Streifen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German streifen, from Old High German *streifen (in abastreifen > modern abstreifen), from Proto-Germanic *straipijaną, *stripōną (to touch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁaɪ̯fən/, [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: strei‧fen

Verb

streifen (third-person singular simple present streift, past tense streifte, past participle gestreift, auxiliary haben)

  1. to brush, to range
  2. to swipe something

Conjugation

As indicated in the table below, the verb is originally a weak verb and is exclusively weak in the standard language. However, in colloquial German the irregular past participle gestriffen may be heard.

Further reading

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