strik

• IPA^(key): /strək/

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”).

strik (plural strikke)

1. bow (type of knot)
2. snare

From Dutch strikken, from Middle Dutch stricken.

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

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

A back-formation of strikke (“to knit”).

strik c or n (indeclinable)

1. knitwork
2. knitting

   Synonym: strikning

• broderi
• hækling

• “strik,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Low German strich (“rope, noose (figurative: Person who deserves to be hanged)”)

strik c (singular definite strikken, plural indefinite strikker or strikke)

1. mischievous person (especially child)

   Coordinate term: gavstrik

• “strik,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Low German strich (“rope”)

• strikke

strik c (singular definite strikken, plural indefinite strikker)

1. a piece of rope or string (from which something is hung)
2. (by extension) a noose

• “strik,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /strɪk/

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• Hyphenation: strik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

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”).

strik m (plural strikken, diminutive strikje n)

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

• bestrikken
• ontstrikken
• strikken
• valstrik
• verstrikken

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

strik

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɪːk/

  Rhymes: -ɪːk

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)

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

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