Strich

German (Berlin)

/ʃtʁɪç/

noun
Definitions
  • stroke
  • line
  • the direction to which hairs, or similar things, are inclined
  • (informal) streetwalkers' district
  • (informal) prostitution chiefly as a milieu
  • (mathematics) prime derivation symbol

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German strich inherited from Old High German strih inherited from Proto-Germanic *strikiz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*strikiz

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