Luxembourgish

Noun

Streck f ‎(plural Strecken)

1. route, way
2. line, stretch (of a railway)

Etymology 2

From the verb strecken ‎(“to iron (clothes)”).

Noun

Streck f ‎(uncountable)

1. ironing

Luxembourgish

Verb

streck

1. second-person singular imperative of strecken

Swedish

Etymology

Used in this form in the Bible translation of 1541. From Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg-. Cognate with Norwegian strik, Danish streg, corresponding to Gothic striks, Middle Low German streke, Middle High German and German Strich, related to German verb streichen and English strike.

A separate loan is the sense as a rope, from Old High German stric, German Strick, Middle Low German strik.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: sträck

Noun

streck n

1. a dash, a hyphen, a line

   ett streck i räkningen

   a miscalculation, an unforeseen obstacle

   att dra ett streck

   to draw a line, to finish

   streck i debatten

   end of discussion, no more questions or speakers admitted

Declension

Related terms

• bindestreck
• snedstreck
• streckad
• tankstreck

References

• streck in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)