streifen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtʁaɪ̯fən/, [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]

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• Hyphenation: strei‧fen

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.

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. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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