straff

Nghĩa

tight, firm, of an object that could also be slack

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ʃtʁaf/

Từ nguyên

From late Middle High German straf, further origin uncertain. However, a semantic connection Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter(h₁)- (“to be stiff; be rigid; exert”) has been proposed.