strenge

See also: Strenge and -strenge

Danish

Noun

strenge c

1. indefinite plural of streng

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

strenge

1. inflection of streng:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

German

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: Stränge

Adjective

strenge

1. inflection of streng:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
2. archaic form of streng

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

strenge

1. definite singular of streng
2. plural of streng

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

strenge

1. definite singular of streng
2. plural of streng

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstren.je/, [ˈstren.d͡ʒe]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *strangī, from Proto-Germanic *strangijaz (“tense, tense”).

Adjective

strenġe

1. severe, hard, strict

Declension

Declension of strenġe — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	strenġe	strenġu, strenġo	strenġe
Accusative	strenġne	strenġe	strenġe
Genitive	strenġes	strenġre	strenġes
Dative	strenġum	strenġre	strenġum
Instrumental	strenġe	strenġre	strenġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	strenġe	strenġa, strenġe	strenġu, strenġo
Accusative	strenġe	strenġa, strenġe	strenġu, strenġo
Genitive	strenġra	strenġra	strenġra
Dative	strenġum	strenġum	strenġum
Instrumental	strenġum	strenġum	strenġum

Declension of strenġe — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	strenġa	strenġe	strenġe
Accusative	strenġan	strenġan	strenġe
Genitive	strenġan	strenġan	strenġan
Dative	strenġan	strenġan	strenġan
Instrumental	strenġan	strenġan	strenġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	strenġan	strenġan	strenġan
Accusative	strenġan	strenġan	strenġan
Genitive	strenġra, strenġena	strenġra, strenġena	strenġra, strenġena
Dative	strenġum	strenġum	strenġum
Instrumental	strenġum	strenġum	strenġum

Descendants

• Middle English: strenge
  • ⇒ English: stringe (“to be too strict, exacting, or extortionate”, verb) (dialectal)

Etymology 2

Noun

strenġe

1. dative singular of strenġ