strak

Meaning

Concepts

tight
tense (showing stress or strain)
sleek, without unnecessary bells and whistles (of design)

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/strɑk/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with Middle Low German

Cognate with Old English

Cognate with German

In summary

From Middle Dutch strac (“tight, taut”), from Old Dutch *strak, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, *strakkaz (“straight, tight, tense”), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Middle Low German strac (“tight, taut”), Old English stræc (“firm, strict, rigorous, unyielding”), German strack (“straight, taut”). More at stretch.