strict, rigorous · severe, intense · pungent, strong and unpleasant
çekim: karşılaştırma strenger · üstünlük am strengsten
zıt: gelinde, mild, nachsichtig
köken: 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.
aile: Strenge
1787 CE: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont Ich sehe kein Mittel, weder strenges noch gelindes, dem Übel zu steuern.
köken: From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic *dūros, from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s (“long”), from *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, “long”), Sanskrit दूर (dūrá, “distant, far, long”).
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic жестъкъ (žestŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žestъkъ. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic жестъ (žestŭ, “hard”), жестѣти (žestěti, “to harden”). Also related to жесто́кий (žestókij, “cruel”).
köken: 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.
aile: gestreng, streng in de leer, strengelijk, strengheid
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄτεγκτος (átenktos, “not to be softened by water; hard-hearted”) for which see τέγγω (téngō, “moisten, soften”).
severe, stern, austere, strict, dour, harsh · synonym of wielki
çekim: karşılaştırma sroższy · üstünlük najsroższy
eş: okrutny, luty
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *strogъ Old Polish srogi Polish srogi Inherited from Old Polish srogi, from Proto-Slavic *strogъ. The Proto-Slavic form possibly could have been *sorgъ.
harsh, hard, strict, stern [with allative ‘to’ or (partitive +) kohtaan] (of a person or character, etc.) · harsh, sharp, fierce (e.g. of the weather, such as winter weather) · barren, austere, desolate (of a place, e.g. of a landscape)
çekim: karşılaştırma ankarampi · üstünlük ankarin
eş: kova, kova
zıt: lempeä
köken: Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *angazaz (compare English anger, Swedish ånger). Cognate with Karelian ankara.
çekim: karşılaştırma strengere · üstünlük strengest
köken: From Proto-Germanic *strangijaz (“tight, tense”), cf. German streng. It is variant of the adjective Proto-Germanic *strangaz, Old Norse strangr, English strong.
köken: Borrowed from Latin strictus. Doublet of estret.
aile: estrictament
Etimoloji
Originally from regular classical adjective 厳し (kibishi, “tight, close, without gaps”), first cited to roughly 830. This earlier form later shifted conjugation patterns, from the so-called "-ku adjective" to the "-shiku adjective" pattern. The two conjugation types appear to have been in broadly free variation, with both forms developing the strict; severe senses in parallel. Historically, while…