streg

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /straːj/, [sd̥ʁɑjˀ]
• Rhymes: -ajˀ

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki.

Noun

streg c (singular definite stregen, plural indefinite streger)

1. line, rule
2. stroke
3. dash
4. streak
5. the style of a sketch artist
6. trick, prank

   narrestreg, drengestreg

Inflection

Declension of streg

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	streg	stregen	streger	stregerne
genitive	stregs	stregens	stregers	stregernes

Synonyms

• (line): linje
• (streak): stribe

Etymology 2

See strege (“to cancel, cross, strike out”).

Verb

streg

1. imperative of strege