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 (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
2. (figuratively) 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. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To steer, to direct the course of (a ship).
2. (ambitransitive) To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water.

Noun

A bird, the black tern.

Concepten

achtersteven

streng

spiegel

🪞

achterste

derrière

achterwerk

batterij

🔋

bips

fundament

gat

hard

hol

🕳️

kont

krent

reet

zitvlak

toges

zwaar

duchtig

staart

straf

bar

ongastvrij

ernstig

hek

bars

gestreng

Tegenovergesteld aan

bow, stem, forestem, fore, prow, prore

Synoniemen

severe

strict

harsh

austere

grim

poop

💩

serious

rigorous

rear

tail

hard

stringent

fanny

buttocks

ass

🍑

tooshie

arse

butt

stark

backside

tush

tail end

nates

keister

bum

buns

tense

hindquarters

bottom

rear end

derriere

grave

🪦

rump

hind end

behind

solemn

seat

💺

poopdeck

posterior

inexorable

prat

sharp

fundament

can

firm

tough

stiff

back

🔙

strained

exacting

Vertalingen

poupe

💩

popa

poppa

severo

Heck

popa

sévère

severo

streng

popa

sedere

🪑

postérieur

austère

puppis

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/stɜːn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: stern

Overgenomen van Oudengels: styrne

Verwant aan Schots: stern

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: stornēn

Verwant aan Nederlands: stuurs

Verwant aan Zweeds: 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”).