strecchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• strechchen, strecche, stretchen

Etymology

From Old English streċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɛtʃən/

Verb

strecchen

1. To stretch out, spread, extend
2. To stretch, smoothen
3. To reach, project, be located out to a point
4. (figurative) To extend to, include, apply
5. (figurative) To reach, attain
6. (auxillary) To be able to, to do
7. To go, travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of strecchen (weak irregular/in -ed)

infinitive	(to) strecchen, strecche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	strecche	streighte, strecched
2nd-person singular	strecchest	streightest, strecchedest
3rd-person singular	streccheth	streighte, strecched
subjunctive singular	strecche
imperative singular		—
plural1	strecchen, strecche	streighten, streighte, streccheden, strecchede
imperative plural	streccheth, strecche	—
participles	strecchynge, strecchende	streight, strecched, ystreight, ystrecched

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: stretch

References

• “strecchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.