strenge
Danish
Noun
strenge c
- indefinite plural of streng
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
strenge
- inflection of streng:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Homophone: Stränge
Adjective
strenge
- inflection of streng:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
- archaic form of streng
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
strenge
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
strenge
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstren.je/, [ˈstren.d͡ʒe]
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *strangī, from Proto-Germanic *strangijaz (“tense, tense”).
Adjective
strenġe
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
- dative singular of strenġ