Vokabahn

Strike

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Noun

der Strike

Pronunciation: /stʁaɪ̯k/

strike (in bowling or baseball)

C1 rank #7,708 plural Strikes

Meanings

Noun
  1. strike (in bowling or baseball)
  2. strike (warning issued to a user of an internet platform)

Example sentence

Beim Bowling hat er im ersten Wurf gleich einen Strike geworfen.

At bowling he threw a strike with his very first ball.

Word forms

singular der Strike
plural die Strikes

The four cases

Singular

Nominativeder Strike
Accusativeden Strike
Dativedem Strike
Genitivedes Strikes

Plural

Nominativedie Strikes
Accusativedie Strikes
Dativeden Strikes
Genitiveder Strikes

Usage

  • beim Bowling einen Strike werfen — Score a strike in bowling.
  • Strike / Streik — The sporting loanword versus the German word for industrial action.
Extra sentence

Nach ihrem ersten Strike jubelte die ganze Gruppe.

After her first strike, the whole group cheered.