streichen

Meaning

1. (class-1, strong, transitive) to stroke
2. (class-1, strong, transitive) to cancel; to discard; to delete; to strike out; to cross out
3. (class-1, strong, transitive) to spread; to rub; to apply
4. (class-1, strong, transitive) to paint

Concepts

paint

stroke

cancel

delete

drop

spread

cross out

kill

🔪🩸👤

smear

caress

cut out

elapse

bow

🙇

remove

discard

strike

demean

demolish

deprave

destroy

diminish

discredit

downsize

draw

draw a line

erase

expunge

humble

humiliate

lacquer

lessen

let down

look down

lower

make up

model

mortify

mould

pet

plaster

prowl

pull down

reduce

roam

roll out

ruin

run down

shrink

streak

strike out

Synonyms

schminken

färben

malen

streicheln

anstreichen

bemalen

durchstreichen

löschen

entfernen

tilgen

annullieren

pinseln

schmieren

bestreichen

tünchen

glasieren

ausstreichen

anmalen

firnissen

stuckieren

bewerfen

ausradieren

auslöschen

malern

zunichte machen

auslesen

durchkreuzen

diskreditieren

auslassen

einstellen

absondern

demütigen

bummeln

isolieren

bergen

abscheiden

abblasen

herausnehmen

beiseite legen

annulieren

fahren

extrahieren

herablassen

herauslesen

aussortieren

in Verruf bringen

absagen

kürzen

erweitern

erniedrigen

Translations

pintar

peindre

supprimer

borrar

rayer

strijken

tachar

verniciare

barrer

cancellare

silmek

trekken

pintar

annullare

cancelar

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

stryyche

Zürich

striiche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: strīchen

Inherited from Old High German: strīhhan

Cognate with Dutch: strijken

Cognate with English: strike

In summary

From Middle High German strīchen, from Old High German strīhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan. Cognate with Dutch strijken, English strike.