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streng.

strict, severe, rigorous, unbending, cruel

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/strɛŋ/
  1. strict, severe, rigorous, unbending, cruel

Where this word comes from

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.

noun/strɛŋ/
  1. string, twined object, as most ropes or cords

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Germanic *strangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-. Compare Low German Strenge, German Strang, English string, Danish streng.

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