stracks
German
Etymology
From Middle High German strackes, from strac, whence rare German strack (“straight”). Compare Dutch straks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtʁaks/
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Adverb
stracks
- (somewhat dated) directly, immediately, straightway
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Der Nachbarinn Haus”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:
- Gott verzeih’s meinem lieben Mann, / Er hat an mir nicht wohl gethan! / Geht da stracks in die Welt hinein, / Und läßt mich auf dem Stroh allein.
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- (dated or archaic) precisely, without deviating (especially from a rule or command)
- Synonyms: genau, peinlich
Synonyms
- (directly, immediately): direkt, sofort, unmittelbar (formal)
Derived terms
- schnurstracks (remains more common)
Further reading
- “stracks” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “stracks” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon