straff.
tight, firm, of an object that could also be slack
Meaning & usage
tight, firm, of an object that could also be slack
ein straffes Programm
Where this word comes from
From late Middle High German straf, cognate with Dutch straf, with further origin uncertain. However, a semantic connection Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter(h₁)- (“to be stiff; be rigid; exert”) (whence Proto-Germanic *staraz (“stiff”)) has been proposed (DWDS).
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