Streit

From Middle High German strīt, from Old High German strīt, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaz.

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁaɪ̯t/

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Streit m (strong, genitive Streites or Streits, plural Streite or Streits)

1. quarrel, dispute, fight, argument

   Streit um des Kaisers Bart ― Quarrel about something unimportant (literally, “Dispute over the Kaiser's beard”)

2. (archaic outside of compounds) fight, battle

   Streitaxt ― battle axe

   Sie rüsteten sich zum Streit(e). ― They prepared for battle.

• Neither of the existing plural forms is very frequent. In formal German, Streitigkeiten is normally used instead. Streite is listed in some dictionaries but is quite uncommon. Streits is a recent innovation (possibly on the model of Streiks) which has become fairly common in colloquial German but is likely to be considered incorrect in formal style.

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• Streiterei
• Abstreiten
• Abstreitung
• Bestreiten
• Bestreitung
• streiten

• “Streit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Streit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Streit” in Duden online