stark
German (Berlin)
/ʃtark/
adj
Definitions
- strong intense, powerful, unyielding
- strong having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol
- (grammar) strong inflecting according to a pattern distinct from another called "weak"
- (colloquial) great, brilliant, awesome
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German stark inherited from Old High German stark (strong) inherited from Proto-Germanic *starkuz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*starkuz
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
- -en German
- Ausdruck German
- Bestrahlungsstärke German
- Bier German
- Kopfball German
- Lautstärke German
- Leistung German
- Nerv German
- Nervenstärke German
- Oxidationsstärke German
- Starkbier German
- Stromstärke German
- Stärke German
- Säurestärke German
- Weizenstärke German
- Wille German
- ausdrucksstark German
- halb German
- halbstark German
- kopfballstark German
- laut German
- lautstark German
- leistungsstark German
- machen German
- mittelstark German
- nervenstark German
- starkmachen German
- stärkehaltig German
- willensstark German
- *sterg- Proto-Indo-European
- *starkaz Proto-Germanic
- *starkuz Proto-Germanic
- stearc Old English
- stearcmod Old English
- stark Middle English
- starkr Old Norse
- sterkr Old Norse
- starc Old High German
- starchi Old High German
- stark Old High German
- stark Middle High German
- sterke Middle High German
- staark Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- -en
- Nerv
- halb
- Bier
- laut
- Wille
- machen
- Stärke
- Kopfball
- Ausdruck
- Leistung
- lautstark
- halbstark
- Starkbier
- Lautstärke
- Stromstärke
- Säurestärke
- mittelstark
- nervenstark
- starkmachen
- Nervenstärke
- Weizenstärke
- stärkehaltig
- willensstark
- kopfballstark
- leistungsstark
- ausdrucksstark
- Oxidationsstärke
- Bestrahlungsstärke