Strich
German, noun
Strich is spelled S-T-R-I-C-H (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strich is a German masculine noun meaning “stroke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, strich is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of streichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine in der Regel von einem Schreibgerät gezogene meist kurze unregelmäßige Linie”.
What does Strich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestroke
- 2
masculineline
unter dem Strich / unterm Strich
- 3
masculinethe direction to which hairs, or similar things, are inclined
Katzen muss man mit dem Strich streicheln.
- 4
informalmasculinestreetwalkers' district
- 5
informalmasculineprostitution (chiefly as a milieu)
Straßenstrich
- 6
masculineprime (derivation symbol)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of streichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine in der Regel von einem Schreibgerät gezogene meist kurze unregelmäßige Linie 2. den linienförmigen Abrieb eines farbgebenden Gegenstandes 3. die (künstlerische) Art des Umgangs mit dem Streichgerät (der Strich des Pinsels, des Bogens) 4. in der Mineralogie ein Kurzwort für Strichfarbe
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 Strich
- Striches genitive
- Strichs genitive
- Striche plural
- Strichlein diminutive neuter
- Strichelchen diminutive neuter
- Stricherl diminutive neuter
- Strichen dative definite plural
- Str. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Strich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Strich in German?
Strich appears 15 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).