stark

Betekenis (Engels)

Adv

Starkly; entirely, absolutely.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.
2. Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
3. (archaic, literary, poetic) Strong; vigorous; powerful.
4. Stiff, rigid.
5. Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
6. Naked.
7. Complete, absolute, full.

Verb

To stiffen.

Sinonieme

bare

severe

stern

complete

austere

hard

naked

perfect

barren

crude

harsh

quite

pure

blunt

desolate

absolute

unadulterated

consummate

thorough

arrant

sharp

full

sheer

outright

thoroughgoing

bleak

staring

nude

tough

undressed

sublimely

completely

grim

stiff

straight-out

strict

utter

clear

clean

whole

everlasting

entirely

sodding

dreary

fully

gaunt

gross

deserted

desert

🏜️

utterly

Vertalings

nu

austère

nudo

absoluto

tam

rein

severo

sévère

bloot

naakt

nackt

nu

unvermischt

öde

unumschränkt

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɑɹk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stark

Geërf van Old English: stearc

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: sterc

Verwante met Nederlands: sterk

Verwante met Nederduits: sterk

Verwante met Duits: stark

Verwante met Deens: stærk

Verwante met Sweeds: stark

Verwante met Noors: sterk

Verwante met Yslands: sterkur

In summary

From Middle English stark, starc, from Old English stearc, starc (“stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian sterc (“strong”), Dutch sterk (“strong”), Low German sterk (“strong”), German stark (“strong”), Danish stærk (“strong”), Swedish stark (“strong”), Norwegian sterk (“strong”), Icelandic sterkur (“strong”). Related to starch.
In the phrase stark naked: an alternation of Middle English stert naked, from stert (“tail”), a literal parallel to the modern butt naked.