"sternness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sternnesses [plural]
Etymology: stern + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stern|ness}} stern + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sternness (countable and uncountable, plural sternnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being stern. Tags: uncountable Translations (state or quality of being stern): Strenge [feminine] (German), Härte [feminine] (German), Ernst [masculine] (German), Strengheit [feminine] (German), Gestrengigkeit [archaic, feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-sternness-en-noun-RZmhCyw9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'state or quality of being stern': 86 14
  2. (countable) The result or product of being stern. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-sternness-en-noun-eq4IuhIx

Inflected forms

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