strikke

Afrikaans

Noun

strikke

  1. plural of strik

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German stricken, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki. See also strække (stretch), streg (line), straks (immediately).

Verb

strikke (imperative strik, infinitive at strikke, present tense strikker, past tense strikkede, perfect tense strikket)

  1. to knit
Conjugation
Conjugation of strikke
active passive
present strikker strikkes
past strikkede strikkedes
infinitive strikke strikkes
imperative strik
participle
present strikkende
past strikket
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund strikken
Derived terms
  • glatstrikket
  • glatstrikning
  • hjemmestrikket
  • håndstrikket
  • mønsterstrikket
  • patentstrikket
  • perlestrikning
  • retstrikket
  • retstrikning
  • strik
  • strikkegarn
  • strikkeklub
  • strikkeopskrift
  • strikkepind
  • strikkeri
  • strikning

Etymology 2

From Low German strich

Alternative forms

Noun

strikke c (singular definite strikken, plural indefinite strikker)

  1. a piece of rope or string (from which something is hung)
  2. (by extension) a noose
Declension
Declension of strikke
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative strikke strikken strikker strikkerne
genitive strikkes strikkens strikkers strikkernes

References

Dutch

Verb

strikke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of strikken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Low German stricken

Verb

strikke (imperative strikk, present tense strikker, passive strikkes, simple past and past participle strikka or strikket, present participle strikkende)

  1. to knit (something)

Derived terms

References