"schnurstracks" meaning in German

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Adverb

IPA: /ʃnuːɐ̯ˈʃtʁaks/ Audio: De-schnurstracks.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Schnur (“cord, line”) + stracks (“directly”) Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Schnur<t:cord, line>|stracks<t:directly>}}, {{com|de|Schnur|stracks|t1=cord, line|t2=directly}} Schnur (“cord, line”) + stracks (“directly”) Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} schnurstracks, {{de-adv}} schnurstracks
  1. (colloquial) straightway, straight, directly (going somewhere immediately and by the shortest way possible) Tags: colloquial Synonyms: geradewegs, While the dated simplex stracks is synonymous with sofort and thus chiefly temporal, schnurstracks also has a strongly spatial dimension Related terms: schnurgerade, strack
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