strik
Meaning
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- (masculine) tie, knot
- (masculine) bow (type of knot)
- (masculine) snare
- (masculine) tangle (in one's hair)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/strɪk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch stric, stricke, strec, from Old Dutch stric, from Proto-Germanic *strikkiz (“line; rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“stiff; rigid; tight; rope; cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
New
strikken
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- to tie (up a shoelace for example)
- to get (someone to do something for you); to ask to stay
- (Brabant, Limburg, dialectal) to knit
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