"Streich" meaning in German

See Streich in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃtʁaɪ̯ç/ Audio: De-Streich.ogg , De-Streich2.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç Etymology: From Middle High German streich, from Old High German *streih, from Proto-West Germanic *straik (“stroke”). Compare Dutch streek, English stroke. In Middle High German the form strīch also occurs, which is either an adaptation to, or a new derivation from, the underlying verb streichen. In Modern Standard German both forms would have merged, but most dialects continue West Germanic ai. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|streich}} Middle High German streich, {{inh|de|goh|*streih}} Old High German *streih, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*straik|t=stroke}} Proto-West Germanic *straik (“stroke”), {{cog|nl|streek}} Dutch streek, {{cog|en|stroke}} English stroke, {{m|gmh|strīch}} strīch, {{m|de|streichen}} streichen Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Streich m (strong, genitive Streiches or Streichs, plural Streiche) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Streiches [genitive], Streichs [genitive], Streiche [plural], strong [table-tags], Streich [nominative, singular], Streiche [definite, nominative, plural], Streiches [genitive, singular], Streichs [genitive, singular], Streiche [definite, genitive, plural], Streich [dative, singular], Streiche [dative, singular], Streichen [dative, definite, plural], Streich [accusative, singular], Streiche [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (higher register) stroke (act of striking e.g. with a hand or a cutting weapon) Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Hieb, Schlag Derived forms (stroke): auf einen Streich, Backenstreich, Schwertstreich
    Sense id: en-Streich-de-noun-QT1tU1cJ Disambiguation of 'stroke': 90 10 0
  2. (figurative) feat, coup (quick and decisive act) Tags: figuratively, masculine, strong Synonyms: Coup, Schlag, Handstreich Derived forms (feat): Staatsstreich
    Sense id: en-Streich-de-noun-GU39mG5O Disambiguation of 'feat': 6 88 6
  3. (by narrowing especially) practical joke, prank Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms (prank): Dumme-Jungen-Streich, einen Streich spielen
    Sense id: en-Streich-de-noun-zkfsOfK- Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 64 Disambiguation of 'prank': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Streich meaning in German (4.7kB)

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