streng.
strict, severe, rigorous, unbending, cruel
Meaning & usage
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.
string, twined object, as most ropes or cords
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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