streifen
Meaning
- (weak) [auxiliary haben] to brush, to graze, to stroke
- (weak) [auxiliary sein] to wander, to roam
Concepts
Synonyms
leicht berühren
vagieren
dicht vorbeischießen
herumschweifen
umherstreifen
grenzen an
dicht vorbei huschen
dicht vorbeifliegen
sanft wehen
dahinsäuseln
abgrasen
leicht wehen
ausjäten
Translations
effleurer
beroeren
tocar
toccareFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtʁaɪ̯fən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German streifen, from Old High German *streifen (in abastreifen > modern abstreifen), from Proto-Germanic *straipijaną, *stripōną (“to touch”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Pokorny derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *strē- (“strip, streak”), for which see Strahl (“beam, ray”), while Pfeifer instead takes the word as related to Streifen (“strip”), with semantic linkage "strip, pull off by sliding" > "touch glidingly, brush" > "wander around".
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