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to knit
To make textiles, especially clothing, from yarn or wool using two or more needles.
Meine Großmutter strickt mir jedes Jahr zu Weihnachten einen warmen Pullover.
My grandmother knits me a warm sweater every year for Christmas.
to devise
In a figurative sense, to artfully or intricately put together or construct something.
Er hat einen raffinierten Plan gestrickt, um die Konkurrenz zu überlisten.
He devised a clever plan to outsmart the competition.
to remove
An outdated meaning for deleting or crossing out; to remove something from a list or document.
Der letzte Punkt auf der Tagesordnung wurde gestrickt, um Zeit zu sparen.
The last item on the agenda was removed to save time.
The meaning of 'stricken' (to knit / devise / remove) depends strongly on the object. If it refers to clothing like 'Pullover' (sweater) or 'Socken' (socks), the literal meaning is intended. If it refers to abstract things like 'Plan' (plan) or 'Geschichte' (story), the figurative meaning is intended.
Sie strickt einen Schal für den Winter.
She is knitting a scarf for the winter.
When you knit something for another person, that person is in the dative. The knitted object is in the accusative. The pattern is: jemandem (dative) etwas (accusative) stricken.
Er strickt seiner Freundin warme Handschuhe.
He is knitting his girlfriend warm gloves.
In the figurative meaning, 'stricken' (to devise) is often combined with abstract, complex things. Typical expressions are 'einen Plan stricken' (to devise a plan), 'eine Intrige stricken' (to weave a plot/intrigue), or 'eine Geschichte stricken' (to construct a story).
Er hat einen komplizierten Plan gestrickt, um das Projekt zu retten.
He devised a complicated plan to save the project.
The meaning 'etwas streichen' (to cross something out/delete something) or 'entfernen' (to remove) is outdated. It is no longer actively used in modern German. You might at most still find it in very old texts.
In dem alten Protokoll wurde der umstrittene Antrag als „gestrickt“ vermerkt.
In the old minutes, the controversial motion was noted as 'gestrickt' (removed).
to seem / take effect
In textile manufacturing, wirken refers to producing a fabric by interlacing threads and is a rare technical term here. Stricken means the familiar craft of knitting with two or more needles. For making a sweater with knitting needles, stricken is therefore the appropriate word.
Zu Hause strickt Mia aus demselben feinen Garn einen Pullover mit zwei Nadeln.
At home, Mia is knitting a sweater from the same fine yarn with two needles.
In der Textilfabrik wird der feine Stoff auf einer Wirkmaschine gewirkt.
At the textile factory, the fine fabric is warp-knitted on a warp-knitting machine.
