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 (genitive Streites or Streits, plural Streite or Streits)
- quarrel, dispute, fight, argue
- Streit um des Kaisers Bart
- Quarrel about something unimportant (lit. Dispute over the Kaiser's beard)
- (archaic outside of compounds) fight, battle
Usage notes
- Neither of the existing plural forms is very common. 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 common in colloquial German but is likely to be considered incorrect in formal style.
Declension
Declension of Streit
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Streit | die | Streite |
| genitive | eines | des | Streites, Streits | der | Streite |
| dative | einem | dem | Streit, Streite1 | den | Streiten |
| accusative | einen | den | Streit | die | Streite |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Derived terms
- Erbstreit
- Rechtsstreit
- Streitaxt
- streitbefangen
- Streitbeilegung
- Streitentstehung
- Streitgespräch
- Streithahn
- Streithammel
- streitig
- Streitigkeit
- Streitkraft
- Streitlust
- Streitsucht
- Streitvermeidung
- Streitwagen
- Wettstreit
- Wortstreit
Related terms
- Streiterei
- Abstreiten
- Abstreitung
- Bestreiten
- Bestreitung
Further reading
- Streit in Duden online