streck

streck

1. second-person singular imperative of strecken

Used in this form in the Bible translation of 1541. From Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki.

Cognate with Norwegian strek, 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.

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• Homophone: sträck

streck n

1. a short(ish) line; a line, a dash

   dra ett streck över något

   draw a line under something [idiomatically with "over" in Swedish]

   streck i debatten

   end of discussion, no more questions or speakers admitted

   ett streck i räkningen

   a miscalculation, an unforeseen obstacle

2. a clothesline

   Synonym: klädstreck

3. a mischievous act

   ett pojkstreck

   a boyish prank

• streck in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• streck in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• streck in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• streck in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)