streng

Meaning

Adj

strict, severe, rigorous, unbending, cruel

Noun

string, twined object, as most ropes or cords

Concepts

strict

severe

rigorous

stern

austere

stringent

tight

strictly

hard

sternly

austerely

harsh

astringent

rigourous

severely

sharp

stark

strand

tough

rigid

stiff

Violent

ply

harshly

hank

stringently

skein

caustic

sharply

Synonyms

hard

duchtig

strikt

bar

zwaar

straf

wettisch

gestreng

streng van zeden

scherp

schalk

snaak

rigoreus

bars

bijtend

droog

grof

lok

strak

schamper

guit

ruggemerg

Translations

streng

severo

sévère

severo

strict

rigoureux

rigoros

rigoroso

severo

austero

rígido

austère

Strähne

sévèrement

estrito

Pronounced as (IPA)

/strɛŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: strenge

Cognate with German: streng

Cognate with English: strong

Cognate with Danish: streng

Cognate with Low German: Strenge

Cognate with German: Strang

Cognate with English: string

In summary

From Middle Dutch strenge, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *strangijaz (“tight, tense”), *strangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut”). Compare German streng, English strong, Danish streng.