strenge
German, adjective
strenge is spelled S-T-R-E-N-G-E (7 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strenge is a German feminine adjective meaning “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Strenge is a different word: “strictness, severity”.
What does strenge mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
- 5
archaicarchaic form of streng
noun
- 1
femininestrictness, severity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. harte, kompromisslose Auslegung von Regeln oder Moralvorstellungen 2. exakte Gestaltung ohne Schnörkel 3. unangenehme Intensität 4. unangenehme, harte Bedingungen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to strenge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is strenge in German?
strenge appears 7.4 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).