stricken
German, verb
stricken is spelled S-T-R-I-C-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stricken is a German verb meaning “to knit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Stricken is a different word: “gerund of stricken; knitting”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Faden so verschlingen, dass er eine Textilie ergibt; dies als Handarbeit mit Stricknadeln und…”.
What does stricken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to knit
- 2
to make, devise, concoct (e.g. a story, a ruse)
- 3
to tie, knot
noun
- 1
neutergerund of stricken; knitting
noun
- 1
dative plural of Strick
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Herstellen textiler Maschengebilde aus Garnen durch Fadenumschlingung, wobei die Maschen einer Reihe nacheinander gebildet werden
verb: 1. einen Faden so verschlingen, dass er eine Textilie ergibt; dies als Handarbeit mit Stricknadeln und industriell mit Hilfe einer Strickmaschine 2. etwas durch die Methode des Strickens herstellen
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 stricken
- strickt present singular third-person
- strickte past
- gestrickt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- strickend participle present
- stricke first-person indicative present
- strickst indicative present second-person
- strickest second-person singular subjunctive
- stricket plural second-person subjunctive
- strickten first-person indicative plural
- stricktest indicative preterite second-person
- stricktet indicative plural preterite
- strick imperative second-person singular
- habe gestrickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gestrickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- Strickens genitive singular
- stricke! imperative singular
- strick! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to stricken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stricken in German?
stricken appears 2.6 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).