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.)

• 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)

Declension of strik
n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strik	strikið	strik	strikin
accusative	strik	strikið	strik	strikin
dative	striki	strikinu	strikum	strikunum
genitive	striks	striksins	strika	strikanna

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

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