streep

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch strepe, from Middle Low German strepe, from Proto-Germanic *stripō(n) or *straipō(n), of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /streːp/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: streep
  • Rhymes: -eːp

Noun

streep f (plural strepen, diminutive streepje n)

  1. stripe
  2. a short stroke (e.g. of the pen)
  3. (chiefly in the diminutive) hyphen
    Hyponyms: koppelteken, afbreekteken

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: streep
  • → Caribbean Javanese: setrip
  • → Indonesian: setrip
  • → Papiamentu: strepi, streepi

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “stripa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485

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