striten

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German strītan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠triːtən/

Verb

strīten (class 1 strong, third-person singular present strītet, past tense streit, past participle gestriten, past subjunctive strite, auxiliary hān)

  1. to fight, to contend, to argue, to quarrel, to battle

Conjugation

Descendants

  • German: streiten

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “striten”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Verb

strītēn

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of strītan