Adjective: strak
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | strakke |
| neuter | strak |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | strakke |
| Comparative | strakkere |
| Superlative | strakste |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like strak
barok,
dik,
gek,
lek,
kek,
strak,
knotsgek,
druk,
brak,
kwik,
vrek,
vlak,
stuk,
zwak,
Etymology
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. See: German Adjectives '
strack'.
Verbs referencing "strak"
German Adjectives
strack.
Translations