streg

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /straːj/, [sd̥ʁɑjˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ajˀ

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki.

Noun

streg c (singular definite stregen, plural indefinite streger)

  1. line, rule
  2. stroke
  3. dash
  4. streak
  5. the style of a sketch artist
  6. trick, prank
    narrestreg, drengestreg
Inflection
Declension of streg
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative streg stregen streger stregerne
genitive stregs stregens stregers stregernes
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See strege (to cancel, cross, strike out).

Verb

streg

  1. imperative of strege