German

Noun

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

1. quarrel, dispute, fight, argue

   Streit um des Kaisers Bart

   Quarrel about something unimportant (lit. Dispute over the beard of the Kaiser)

Declension

Usage notes

• Both existing plural forms are not really common. In formal German, Streitigkeiten is normally used instead. Streite is listed in some dictionaries, but is quite uncommon. Streits is a recent innovation (probably on the model of Streiks), which has become common in colloquial German, but would be considered incorrect in standard language.

Derived terms

• Rechtsstreit
• streitig
• Streitlust
• Streitkraft
• Streitaxt
• Streitwagen
• Streitbeilegung
• Streitvermeidung
• Streitentstehung
• Wettstreit

Related terms

• Streiterei
• Abstreiten
• Abstreitung
• Bestreiten
• Bestreitung

English

Adjective

streit ‎(comparative more streit, superlative most streit)

1. (obsolete) close; narrow; strict

Related terms

• strait