strecken
German, verb
strecken is spelled S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strecken is a German verb meaning “to stretch (oneself, for example after waking up)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Strecken is a different word: “plural of Strecke”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Körper oder einen Körperteil auf die volle Länge ausdehnen”.
What does strecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stretch (oneself, for example after waking up)
- 2
to stretch (a specific body part)
Sie streckte ihre müden Glieder.
- 3
to extend (a body part)
Sie streckte den Hals, um über den Zaun zu sehen.
- 4
to elongate, lengthen
- 5
to dilute, thin, cut (mix with water or another available ingredient)
Wenn wir die Soße ein bisschen strecken, wird sie reichen.
noun
- 1
plural of Strecke
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Körper oder einen Körperteil auf die volle Länge ausdehnen 2. etwas verdünnen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of strecken
- streckt present singular third-person
- streckte past
- gestreckt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- streckend participle present
- strecke first-person indicative present
- streckst indicative present second-person
- streckest second-person singular subjunctive
- strecket plural second-person subjunctive
- streckten first-person indicative plural
- strecktest indicative preterite second-person
- strecktet indicative plural preterite
- streck imperative second-person singular
- habe gestreckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gestreckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- streck! imperative singular
- streckt! imperative plural
- gestreckt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to strecken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is strecken in German?
strecken appears 21 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).