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stark
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: stärk, IPA(key): /st??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: stärk, IPA(key): /st??k/
- Rhymes: -??(r)k
Etymology 1
From Middle English stark, starc, from Old English stearc, starc (“stiff, obstinate, severe, etc.”), from Proto-Germanic *starkaz, *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sterc (“strong”), Dutch sterk (“strong”), Low German sterk (“strong”), German stark (“strong”), Danish stærk (“strong”), Swedish stark (“strong”), Norwegian sterk (“strong”), Icelandic sterkur (“strong”). Related to starch.
In the phrase stark naked: an alternation of start ("tail" or "rump"), a literal parallel to the modern butt naked.
Adjective
stark (comparative starker, superlative starkest)
- (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.
- Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
- (poetic, literary or archaic) Strong; vigorous; powerful.
- Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer.
- Stiff, rigid.
- The north is not so stark and cold.
- Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
- Complete, absolute, full.
- Consider, first, the stark security / The commonwealth is in now.
- 1689 (first published posthumously), John Selden, Table-Talk
- Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no medium in rhetoric.
- Ramadans, and prolonged ham-squattings in cold, cheerless rooms were stark nonsense
Derived terms
- starken
Translations
Adverb
stark (not comparable)
- starkly; entirely, absolutely
- […] held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead.
Usage notes
In standard modern English, the adverb is essentially restricted to stark naked and phrases meaning "crazy" on the pattern of stark raving mad.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English starken, from Old English stearcian (“to stiffen, become hard, grow stiff or hard”), from Proto-Germanic *stark?n?, *stark?n? (“to stiffen, become hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with German erstarken (“to strengthen”).
Verb
stark (third-person singular simple present starks, present participle starking, simple past and past participle starked)
- (obsolete or dialect) To stiffen.
Related terms
- starkish
- starkly
- starkers
Anagrams
- Karst, Trask, karst, karts, skart
German
Etymology
From Middle High German stark, from Old High German stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tark/, [?ta?k], [?ta??k], [?ta?k]
Adjective
stark (comparative stärker, superlative am stärksten)
- 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, slightly dated) great, brilliant, awesome
Declension
See also
(grammar): gemischt, schwach
Further reading
- “stark” in Duden online
- “stark” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) , “stark”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Kashubian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *star?.
Noun
stark m
- grandfather
Related terms
- starka
Low German
Etymology
Cognate with German stark, Dutch sterk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stark/, /sta?k/
Adjective
stark (comparative starker, superlative starkst)
- strong, powerful
Declension
Synonyms
- dull
- heftig
- hevig
- ossig
- slimm
- stevig
- dannig
- düchtig
- swied
Derived terms
- Starkde/Stärkde
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *starkuz, whence also Old English stearc, Old Norse sterkr.
Adjective
stark
- strong
Derived terms
- starch?
Descendants
- German: stark
- Yiddish: ??????? (shtark)
Slovene
Noun
stark
- genitive dual/plural of starka
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish starker, from Old Norse starkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
stark (comparative starkare, superlative starkast)
- strong; able to use great force
- strong; capable of withstanding great physical force
- strong; highly stimulating to the senses
- starkt ljus
- strong light
- starkt ljus
- (taste) spicy, hot; with a biting taste
- Den maten är för stark för mig.
- That food is too hot for me.
- Den maten är för stark för mig.
- strong; having a high concentration of an essential; possibly alcohol
- starkt kaffe
- strong coffee
- starkt kaffe
- (grammar) strong
- (military) strong; not easily subdued or taken
Declension
Synonyms
- (able to use great force): kraftfull
- (capable of withstanding force): stadig
- (spicy): het
- (having intense odor or flavor): frän, skarp, stickande
Related terms
- styrka
- stärka
- styrkelyft
- starkt verb, stark böjning
See also
- oregelbundet verb
Anagrams
- raskt
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unadorned
English
Etymology
un- +? adorned
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n??d??nd/
- (US) IPA(key): /??n??d???nd/
Adjective
unadorned (comparative more unadorned, superlative most unadorned)
- Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple
Derived terms
- unadornedness
Translations
Verb
unadorned
- simple past tense and past participle of unadorn
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