Streit

See also: streit

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strīt, from Old High German strīt, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃtʁaɪ̯t/
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Noun

Streit m (strong, genitive Streites or Streits, plural Streite or Streits)

  1. quarrel, dispute, fight, argument
    Streit um des Kaisers Bart ― Quarrel about something unimportant (literally, “Dispute over the Kaiser's beard”)
  2. (archaic outside of compounds) fight, battle
    Streitaxt ― battle axe
    Sie rüsteten sich zum Streit(e). ― They prepared for battle.

Usage notes
  • Neither of the existing plural forms is very frequent. In formal German, Streitigkeiten is normally used instead. Streite is listed in some dictionaries but is quite uncommon. Streits is a recent innovation (possibly on the model of Streiks) which has become fairly common in colloquial German but is likely to be considered incorrect in formal style.

Declension
Declension of Streit [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Streit die Streite, Streits
genitive eines des Streites, Streits der Streite, Streits
dative einem dem Streit, Streite1 den Streiten, Streits
accusative einen den Streit die Streite, Streits

1Now uncommon, see notes.

Derived terms
  • Streiterei
  • Abstreiten
  • Abstreitung
  • Bestreiten
  • Bestreitung
  • streiten

Further reading
  • “Streit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Streit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Streit” in Duden online
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