streunen

German

Etymology

Old High German striunen, related to Old English strēon (“gain, wealth”), English strain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯nən/
  • Hyphenation: streu‧nen
  • Audio(file)

Verb

streunen (weak, third-person singular present streunt, past tense streunte, past participle gestreunt, auxiliary sein)

  1. (colloquial) to stray
    Synonyms: herumlaufen, vagabundieren, stromern

Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • herumstreunen

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “streunen” in Duden online
  • “streunen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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