strak

Betekenis

1. tight
2. tense (showing stress or strain)
3. sleek, without unnecessary bells and whistles (of design)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/strɑk/

Etymologie

From Middle Dutch strac (“tight, taut”), from Old Dutch *strak, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, *strakkaz (“straight, tight, tense”), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Middle Low German strac (“tight, taut”), Old English stræc (“firm, strict, rigorous, unyielding”), German strack (“straight, taut”). More at stretch.