sterk
Dutch (Brabantic)
/stɛrk/
adj
Definitions
- strong, having physical strength
- concentrated, strong, powerful in taste
- implausible, improbable
- (Germanic) strong, pertaining to strong verbs
- (Germanic) strong, pertaining to strong nouns, strong declension
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch starc inherited from Old Dutch stark inherited from Proto-Germanic *starkaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*starkaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stark English
- starken English
- starkers English
- starkish English
- starkly English
- starkness English
- houder Dutch, Flemish
- oersterk Dutch, Flemish
- sterkhouder Dutch, Flemish
- sterkte Dutch, Flemish
- stroomsterkte Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)terg- Proto-Indo-European
- *starkaz Proto-Germanic
- stearc Old English
- stark Middle English
- starc Middle Dutch
- starc Old High German
- staark Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- stark Old Dutch