strække
Danish
/strɛkə/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to stretch to make something longer
- (intransitive) to be sufficient with the preposition l
- (reflexive) to stretch to extend one's limbs
- (reflexive) to stretch out, spread to be long or broad
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German strecken derived from *strakkjan (stretch, make taut tight).
Origin
*strakkjan
Gloss
stretch, make taut tight
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astretch English
- backstretch English
- electrostretch English
- forestretch English
- frontstretch English
- homestretch English
- hyperstretch English
- mechanostretch English
- microstretch English
- midstretch English
- nonstretch English
- outstretch English
- overstretch English
- prestretch English
- restretch English
- stretch English
- stretch limousine English
- stretchability English
- stretchable English
- stretcher English
- stretchest English
- stretcheth English
- stretching English
- stretchless English
- stretchy English
- unstretch English
- ausstrecken German
- hinstrecken German
- strecken German
- vollstrecken German
- *(s)treg- Proto-Indo-European
- strekke Norwegian Bokmål
- sträcka Swedish
- streccan Old English
- streċċan Old English
- strecchen Middle English
- estrikier Old French
- streĉi Esperanto
- strecken Old High German
- strecken Middle High German
- *strakkjan gmw-pro
- strecken Middle Low German
- *strekkian Old Saxon