strekken
- (intransitive) to stretch, to extend, to reach
- (transitive) to reach, to extend, to stretch
- (transitive) to serve, to accommodate
- (transitive) to serve (someone) with (something)
- (intransitive) to suffice, to last, to serve, to accommodate
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstrɛ.kə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch strecken, from Old Dutch *strecken, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan. Equivalent to strak (“straight, tight, tense”) + -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.
strech
be stretched tight
strech out
nauwer aanhalen
uitspreiden
doorsmeren
verwateren
inzwachtelen
wegsluiten
omzwachtelen
pressen
bijschuiven
wegbergen
toereikend zijn
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