strik

See also: štrik

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strək/

Etymology 1

From Dutch strik, from Middle Dutch stric, from Old Dutch stric, from Proto-Germanic *strikkiz (“line; rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“stiff; rigid; tight; rope; cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

strik (plural strikke)

1. bow (type of knot)
2. snare

Etymology 2

From Dutch strikken, from Middle Dutch stricken.

Verb

strik (present strik, present participle strikkende, past participle gestrik)

1. (transitive) to tie (e.g. of laces, ribbons, etc.)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɪk/

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• Hyphenation: strik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stric, stricke, strec, from Old Dutch stric, from Proto-Germanic *strikkiz (“line; rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“stiff; rigid; tight; rope; cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

strik m (plural strikken, diminutive strikje n)

1. tie, knot
2. bow (type of knot)
3. snare
4. tangle (in one's hair)

Derived terms

• bestrikken
• ontstrikken
• strikken
• valstrik
• verstrikken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: strik
• Negerhollands: strikkie (from the diminutive)
• → Papiamentu: streki, strikki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

strik

1. inflection of strikken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɪːk/

  Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

strik n (genitive singular striks, nominative plural strik)

1. line, stroke
2. (geometry) line segment
3. point (on a compass)
4. hyphen

   Synonym: bandstrik

5. (figurative) a direct course (connoting speed, efficiency or determinedness)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strik	strikið	strik	strikin
accusative	strik	strikið	strik	strikin
dative	striki	strikinu	strikum	strikunum
genitive	striks	striksins	strika	strikanna

Declension of strik (neuter)

Derived terms

• bandstrik (“hyphen”)
• strikamerki (“barcode”)

Further reading

• “strik” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)