stryge
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic *streukaną, cognate with Swedish stryka. The similar verbs English stroke and German streichen go back to an unrelated word, *strīkaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stryge (imperative stryg, infinitive at stryge, present tense stryger, past tense strøg, perfect tense strøget)
- to stroke, to gently caress
- Hun strøg ham om kinden.
- She caressed his cheek.
- to iron (cloth); to pass an iron over
Conjugation edit
Inflection of stryge
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx). Compare Old French estrie, which was the inherited form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stryge f (plural stryges)
Further reading edit
- “stryge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.