Polyglot Dictionary

Streit

/ʃtʁaɪ̯t/

der noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Streite

Meaning

  1. argument, quarrel

    From streiten (to argue).

    • Sie hatten einen heftigen Streit.

      They had a fierce argument.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Debatte

Debatte is a structured, often public debate; Streit is a more heated argument or quarrel, structured or not.

Similar in other languages

English

controversy

Close — an argument relates to a controversy.

English

debate

Close — an argument, quarrel relates to a debate.

Practice

1 What does Streit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie hatten einen heftigen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Streit?

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