Strick
German, noun
Strick is spelled S-T-R-I-C-K (6 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strick is a German masculine noun meaning “fairly short rope or cord, usually for binding something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, strick is a different word: “singular imperative of stricken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “textiles Seil”.
What does Strick mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefairly short rope or cord, usually for binding something
- 2
masculinethe rope used in hanging someone (often for English noose, but referring to the rope, not the loop, which is Schlinge)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of stricken
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of stricken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. textiles Seil 2. hintertriebener Mensch
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 Strick
- Strickes genitive
- Stricks genitive
- Stricke plural
- Strickchen diminutive neuter
- Stricken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Strick
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Strick in German?
Strick appears 3.3 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).