stern

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
2. Grim and forbidding in appearance.

Noun

1. The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
2. The post of management or direction.
3. The hinder part of anything.
4. The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To steer, to direct the course of (a ship).
2. To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water.

Noun

A bird, the black tern.

Sinonieme

strict

severe

harsh

austere

grim

poop

💩

serious

rigorous

rear

tail

hard

stringent

ass

🍑

fanny

buttocks

nates

buns

grave

🪦

keister

backside

derriere

bum

tail end

tense

rump

rear end

tooshie

tush

stark

butt

bottom

hind end

hindquarters

arse

solemn

seat

💺

sharp

can

behind

inexorable

tough

firm

poopdeck

posterior

prat

fundament

stiff

back

🔙

after part

exacting

cruel

strained

taut

heavy

unrelenting

earnest

iron

quarter

unforgiving

authoritative

acute

intense

tight

determined

dour

buttock

unappeasable

uncompromising

strong

majestic

brutal

bad

👎

relentless

rudder

rigid

of a harsh temper

resolute

prow

tightlipped

tail-end

ultra

unsparing

unyielding

vehement

violent

berk

serious look

sobersided

arris

unmalleable

aurtere

ball-breaker

ball-buster

tuchus

grim austere

downward-sloping

nonindulgent

unpermissive

hurdies

jacksy

hiney

tuches

toches

tokhes

abrupt

acerbic

aft

aggressive

ascetic

beardown

beneath

big

bitter

blistering

bluff

bold

brave

bruising

caboose

callous

cast-iron

censorious

close

coarse

critical

‼️

crucial

decided

demanding

disciplinarian

end

🔚

flint

flinty

forbidding

frowning

😦

gloomy

hardcore

hard-core

hardened

harshly

heartless

helm

hot-tempered

implacable

inclement

inflexible

inhospitable

intemperate

intransigent

inveterate

keen

loud

morose

nervous

oxtail

peremptory

perpendicular

pony tail

puritanic

puritanical

raging

rough

ruffianly

searing

short

skin-tight

smart

snug

sober

steadfast

steely

steep

steer

sternly

stone

🪨

stout

strenuous

sturdy

sulky

sullen

swingeing

tall

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɜːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stern

Geërf van Old English: styrne

Verwante met Skots: stern

Verwante met Old High German: stornēn

Verwante met Nederlands: stuurs

Verwante met Sweeds: stursk

In summary

From Middle English stern, sterne, sturne, from Old English styrne (“stern, grave, strict, austere, hard, severe, cruel”), from Proto-Germanic *sturnijaz (“angry, astonished, shocked”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Scots stern (“bold, courageous, fierce, resolute”), Old High German stornēn (“to be astonished”), Dutch stuurs (“glum, austere”), Swedish stursk (“insolent”).