streng
German, adjective/ʃtʁɛŋ/
streng is spelled S-T-R-E-N-G (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Streng is a German adjective meaning “strict, rigorous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf genaue Einhaltung der Regeln wertlegend”.
What does streng mean in English?
adjective
- 1
strict, rigorous
- 2
severe, intense
- 3
pungent, strong and unpleasant
adverb
- 1
strictly, very much
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf genaue Einhaltung der Regeln wertlegend 2. mit negativen Aspekten und Entbehrungen verbunden 3. sich durch betonte Einfachheit auszeichnend 4. intensiv und unangenehm
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of streng
- strenger masculine nominative singular
- am strengsten superlative
- strenge feminine nominative singular
- strenges neuter nominative singular
- strengen genitive masculine singular
- strengem dative masculine singular
- der strenge definite includes-article masculine
- die strenge definite feminine includes-article
- das strenge definite includes-article neuter
- die strengen definite includes-article nominative
- des strengen definite genitive includes-article
- der strengen definite feminine genitive
- dem strengen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce streng?
- /ʃtʁɛŋ/
- [ʃtʁɛŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to streng
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is streng in German?
streng appears 21 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).