Strick

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) fairly short rope or cord, usually for binding something
2. (especially,masculine,strong) the rope used in hanging someone (often for English noose, but referring to the rope, not the loop, which is Schlinge)

Concepts

rope

🪢

cord

halter

hemp

leash

line

noose

pimp

spanking

strap

string

🪢

tether

thong

tuna

whip

cable

cord

chord

collar

Synonyms

Seil

🪢

Leine

Schnur

Strang

🧵

Tau

Trosse

Saite

🪢

Band

Bindfaden

🧵

Faden

🧶

Haltegurt

Hundeleine

Riemen

Liane

Kette

Kabel

Hochseil

Halteseil

Tauwerk

Halsband

Halteleine

Kordel

Mauersegler

Spannseil

Schnürung

Peitsche

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

hälsig

Basel-Landschaft

strigg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃtʁɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: stric

Inherited from Old High German: stric

Cognate with Latin: stringo

Cognate with Dutch: strik

Cognate with Hunsrik: Strick

In summary

From Middle High German stric, from Old High German stric, from Proto-West Germanic *strikk, possibly related to *strang (“severe, strict, strong”), but the appearance of the -kk- would be unexplained. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, shear”), similar to Latin stringo (“I draw tight”). Cognate with Dutch strik and Hunsrik Strick.