See also: Streifen

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German streifen, from Old High German *streifen (in abastreifen > modern abstreifen), from Proto-Germanic *straipijaną, *stripōną (to touch), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *strē- (strip, streak), see also Lithuanian strėlė (arrow, dart, jib), Latvian strēle (arrow, dart), Proto-Slavic *strěla (arrow).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁaɪ̯fən/, [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: strei‧fen

Verb

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streifen (weak, third-person singular present streift, past tense streifte, past participle gestreift, auxiliary haben)

  1. [auxiliary haben] to brush, to graze, to stroke
    Zum Glück hat ihn der Schuss nur gestreift.
    Luckily the shot only grazed him.
    Ich streifte den Mann aus Versehen.
    I brushed against the man by mistake.
  2. [auxiliary sein] to wander, to roam
    Sie streifte stundenlang durch die Wälder.
    She roamed the woods for hours.

Conjugation

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As indicated in the table below, the verb is originally a weak verb and is exclusively weak in the standard language. However, in colloquial German the irregular past participle gestriffen may be heard.

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1028-29”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1028-29

Further reading

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  • streifen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • streifen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • streifen” in Duden online
  • streifen” in OpenThesaurus.de