Streit

See also: streit

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strīt, from Old High German strīt, from Proto-West Germanic *strīd, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁaɪ̯t/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Streit m (strong, genitive Streites or Streits, plural Streite or Streits)

1. quarrel, dispute, fight, argument

   Streit um des Kaisers Bart ― Quarrel about something unimportant (literally, “Dispute over the Kaiser's beard”)

2. (archaic outside of compounds) fight, battle

   Streitaxt ― battle axe

   Sie rüsteten sich zum Streit(e). ― They prepared for battle.

Usage notes

• Neither of the existing plural forms is very frequent. 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 fairly common in colloquial German but is likely to be considered incorrect in formal style.

Declension

Declension of Streit [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Streit	die	Streite, Streits
genitive	eines	des	Streites, Streits	der	Streite, Streits
dative	einem	dem	Streit, Streite1	den	Streiten, Streits
accusative	einen	den	Streit	die	Streite, Streits

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Erbstreit
• Methodenstreit
• Rechtsstreit
• Streitaxt
• streitbefangen
• Streitbeilegung
• Streitentstehung
• Streitgespräch
• Streithahn
• Streithammel
• streitig
• Streitigkeit
• Streitkraft
• Streitlust
• Streitsucht
• Streitvermeidung
• Streitwagen
• Tarifstreit
• Wettstreit
• Wortstreit

Related terms

• Abstreiten
• Abstreitung
• Bestreiten
• Bestreitung
• streiten
• Streiterei

Further reading

• “Streit”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Streit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Streit” in Duden online