Adjective: streng
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | strenger |
| feminine | strenge |
| neuter | strenges |
| plural | strenge |
Genitive
| masculine | strengen |
| feminine | strenger |
| neuter | strengen |
| plural | strenger |
Dative
| masculine | strengem |
| feminine | strenger |
| neuter | strengem |
| plural | strengen |
Accusative
| masculine | strengen |
| feminine | strenge |
| neuter | strenges |
| plural | strenge |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der strenge |
| feminine | die strenge |
| neuter | das strenge |
| plural | die strengen |
Genitive
| masculine | des strengen |
| feminine | der strengen |
| neuter | des strengen |
| plural | der strengen |
Dative
| masculine | dem strengen |
| feminine | der strengen |
| neuter | dem strengen |
| plural | den strengen |
Accusative
| masculine | den strengen |
| feminine | die strenge |
| neuter | das strenge |
| plural | die strengen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein strenger |
| feminine | eine strenge |
| neuter | ein strenges |
| plural | strengen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines strengen |
| feminine | einer strengen |
| neuter | eines strengen |
| plural | strengen |
Dative
| masculine | einem strengen |
| feminine | einer strengen |
| neuter | einem strengen |
| plural | strengen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen strengen |
| feminine | eine strenge |
| neuter | ein strenges |
| plural | strengen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | streng |
| Comparative | strenger |
| Superlative | am strengsten |
Sample Sentences
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1787 CE: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
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Ich sehe kein Mittel, weder strenges noch gelindes, dem Übel zu steuern. (I see no means, neither severe nor mild, by which to stem the evil.)
Adjectives inflected like streng
bildungsfern,
szenig,
breitschulterig,
altsächsisch,
nutzerfreundlich,
psychoanalytisch,
unrettbar,
unverträglich,
unzerreißbar,
würzig,
würdig,
wütend,
kringelig,
sexbesessen,
sexual,
seelig,
seimig,
seidig,
seifig,
sehnig, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle High German strenge, from Old High German strengi (“strong”), strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangijaz (“tight, tense”), *strangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut”); related to Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). Cognate with Dutch streng, English strong, Danish streng. See: Dutch Adjectives '
streng', English Adjectives '
strong'.
Verbs referencing "streng"
English Adjectives
strong, Dutch Adjectives
streng.
Translations