strack

Meaning

1. (archaic, dialectal) straight, taut
2. (colloquial) drunk

Concepts

taut

Translations

محكم

tibant

anxieux

raide

tendu

ingespannen

tenso

tenso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃtʁak/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: strac

Inherited from Old High German: *strac

Cognate with Dutch: strak

In summary

From Middle High German strac (“straight”), from Old High German *strac (attested in framstrac), from Proto-Germanic *strakkaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Dutch strak. More at stretch.