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Striemel is a term for stripes found in northern Germany . Occasionally also as a Stremel , for example in relation to clothing.

In the phrase "pull through your stripes" ("I'll continue my stripes") Striemel means something like routine , the usual , sounding slightly derogatory.

The term supposedly comes from Strieme (stripe, wound), "The name goes back to ahd. Strimo› stripe ‹, mhd. Strieme, strime."

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Wiktionary: Stremel  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. Stremel . In: Johann Friedrich Schütze (Ed.): Holsteinisches Idiotikon, a contribution to the history of folk customs (etc.) . tape 4 . Villaume, Altona 1806, p. 209 ( books.google.de ).
  2. Barbara Aehnlich: The Thuringian field names landscape. Ways of exploring them . 2012, urn : nbn: de: gbv: 27-20120227-100952-6 (dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophical Faculty).
  3. Striemel salmon. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 19 : Stob – Strollen - (X, 3rd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1957, Sp. 1609 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).