Strang

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) thread
2. (masculine,strong) cord

Concepts

rope

🪢

skein

strand

cord

monofilaments

chord

cord

line

string

🪢

thread

🧵

Synonyms

Seil

🪢

Schnur

Strick

Leine

Faden

🧶

Fluss

Strahl

Tauwerk

Trosse

gerade Linie

Abzweigung

Reep

🪢

Gang

Hochseil

Menge

Ranke

Saite

🪢

Tau

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

strang

Basel-Landschaft

strange

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: strank

Inherited from Old High German: stranc

Cognate with Middle High German: strange

Cognate with Old High German: stranga

Cognate with Low German: Strenge

Cognate with Dutch: streng

Cognate with English: string

Cognate with Danish: streng

Cognate with Latin: stringere

Cognate with Swedish: sträng

In summary

From Middle High German strank, stranc, strange, from Old High German stranc, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-; related to Middle High German strange f, from Old High German stranga (“strand”). Cognate with Low German Strenge, Dutch streng, English string, Danish streng, Latin stringere, Swedish sträng.