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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English striken, ystriken, from Old English stricen, ġestricen, from Proto-West Germanic *strikan, from Proto-Germanic *strikanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to strike”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian strieken, Dutch gestreken, German Low German streken, German gestrichen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstɹɪkən/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Adjective

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stricken (comparative more stricken, superlative most stricken)

  1. Struck by something.
    The town was stricken by a devastating earthquake that left many buildings in ruins.
  2. Disabled or incapacitated by something.
    • 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 1:
      Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
    • 1953 April, “Flood Damage on British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:
      Services had to be diverted, damaged lines restored, and materials for coastal defence and relief supplies conveyed to the stricken areas with all possible speed.
    • 2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 20:43 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN)‎[1], archived from the original on 4 December 2022:
      At about twenty past three in the afternoon, these aircraft duly began to arrive. The cruiser Northampton was towing Hornet at a stately five knots when, out of the sky, came seven torpedo-armed aircraft. They managed to miss the barely-moving Hornet with all but one drop... but one hit was really all that it took, the location causing additional damage to the stricken carrier and demolishing most of the repairs that had been made to the earlier damage.
    1. (military, nautical, of a warship) Having its name removed from a country's naval register, e.g. the United States Naval Vessel Register.

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Verb

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stricken

  1. past participle of strike
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
      Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

Usage notes

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See strike for use of this form (as opposed to struck).

Anagrams

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German

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eine strickende Bäurin – a knitting peasant woman

Etymology

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From Middle High German stricken (“to tie, to knit”), from Old High German stricken (“to tie”), derived from the noun stric, whence modern Strick (“short rope for binding”). Compare Dutch strikken. Displaced Middle High German bretten (“to knit”). The obsolete sense “to tie” still underlies in compounds (see below).

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Verb

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stricken (weak, third-person singular present strickt, past tense strickte, past participle gestrickt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to knit
    Synonym: (Switzerland) lismen
  2. (figurative) to make, devise, concoct (e.g. a story, a ruse)
  3. (archaic to obsolete) to tie, knot

Conjugation

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Conjugation of stricken (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive stricken
present participle strickend
past participle gestrickt
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich stricke wir stricken i ich stricke wir stricken
du strickst ihr strickt du strickest ihr stricket
er strickt sie stricken er stricke sie stricken
preterite ich strickte wir strickten ii ich strickte1 wir strickten1
du stricktest ihr stricktet du stricktest1 ihr stricktet1
er strickte sie strickten er strickte1 sie strickten1
imperative strick (du)
stricke (du) 		strickt (ihr)

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of stricken (weak, auxiliary haben)
perfect
singular plural singular plural
indicative ich habe gestrickt wir haben gestrickt subjunctive ich habe gestrickt wir haben gestrickt
du hast gestrickt ihr habt gestrickt du habest gestrickt ihr habet gestrickt
er hat gestrickt sie haben gestrickt er habe gestrickt sie haben gestrickt
pluperfect
indicative ich hatte gestrickt wir hatten gestrickt subjunctive ich hätte gestrickt wir hätten gestrickt
du hattest gestrickt ihr hattet gestrickt du hättest gestrickt ihr hättet gestrickt
er hatte gestrickt sie hatten gestrickt er hätte gestrickt sie hätten gestrickt
future i
infinitive stricken werden subjunctive i ich werde stricken wir werden stricken
du werdest stricken ihr werdet stricken
er werde stricken sie werden stricken
indicative ich werde stricken wir werden stricken subjunctive ii ich würde stricken wir würden stricken
du wirst stricken ihr werdet stricken du würdest stricken ihr würdet stricken
er wird stricken sie werden stricken er würde stricken sie würden stricken
future ii
infinitive gestrickt haben werden subjunctive i ich werde gestrickt haben wir werden gestrickt haben
du werdest gestrickt haben ihr werdet gestrickt haben
er werde gestrickt haben sie werden gestrickt haben
indicative ich werde gestrickt haben wir werden gestrickt haben subjunctive ii ich würde gestrickt haben wir würden gestrickt haben
du wirst gestrickt haben ihr werdet gestrickt haben du würdest gestrickt haben ihr würdet gestrickt haben
er wird gestrickt haben sie werden gestrickt haben er würde gestrickt haben sie würden gestrickt haben

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