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Definition stern

Etymology 1

From Middle English stern, sterne, sturne, from Old English styrne (“stern, grave, strict, austere, hard, severe, cruel”), from Proto-Germanic *sturnijaz (“angry, astonished, shocked”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *ter- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Scots stern (“bold, courageous, fierce, resolute”), Old High German storn?n (“to be astonished”), Dutch stuurs (“glum, austere”), Swedish stursk (“insolent”).

Adjective

stern (comparative sterner, superlative sternest)

  1. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
  2. Grim and forbidding in appearance.

Etymology 2

Most likely from Old Norse stjórn (“control, steering”), related to stýra (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijan?, whence also English steer. Also possibly from Old Frisian stiarne (“rudder”), from the same Germanic root.

Noun
  1. (nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
  2. (figuratively) The post of management or direction.
  3. The hinder part of anything.
  4. The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.

Etymology 3

From a variant of tern.

Noun

stern (plural sterns)

  1. A bird, the black tern.

Results 233 Words with the letters STERN

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7 letter words with the letters STERN ↑
ANESTRI 8
ANTHERS 10
ANTLERS 9
ANTSIER 8
ARGENTS 10
ARPENTS 11
ATONERS 8
BANTERS 11
BRUNETS 12
BUNTERS 12
BURNETS 12
CANTERS 11
CARNETS 11
CENTERS 11
CENTRES 11
CISTERN 11
CORNETS 11
CRETINS 11
EARNEST 8
EASTERN 8
ENCRUST 12
ENROOTS 8
ENTIRES 8
ENTRAPS 11
ENTREES 8
ENTRIES 8
ENTRUST 9
ERRANTS 8
ESTRINS 8
ESTRONE 8
EXTERNS 15
FRONTES 11
GARNETS 10
GERENTS 10
GURNETS 11
HINTERS 10
HORNETS 10
HUNTERS 11
INSERTS 8
INTERNS 9
INVERTS 12
LINTERS 9
MARTENS 11
MENTORS 11
MINSTER 11
MINTERS 11
MONSTER 11
MUNSTER 12
NASTIER 8
NATTERS 8
NATURES 9
NEAREST 8
NECTARS 11
NESTERS 8
NESTLER 9
NESTORS 8
NETTERS 8
NEUTERS 9
NORITES 8
NUTSIER 9
NUTTERS 9
OESTRIN 8
ORIENTS 8
PARENTS 11
PASTERN 11
PENSTER 11
POSTERN 11
PRESENT 11
PTERINS 11
PUNSTER 12
PUNTERS 12
RANKEST 12
RANTERS 8
RATINES 8
RATTENS 8
RECANTS 11
REGENTS 10
REKNITS 12
RELENTS 9
REMINTS 11
RENESTS 8
RENNETS 9
RENTALS 9
RENTERS 8
REPENTS 11
RESENTS 8
RESTING 10
RETAINS 8
RETENES 8
RETINAS 8
RETINES 8
RETINTS 8
RETSINA 8
RETUNES 9
RETURNS 9
RODENTS 9
RUNLETS 10
SALTERN 9
SARMENT 11
SAUNTER 9
SCANTER 11
SENATOR 8
SERPENT 11
SERVANT 12
SHORTEN 10
SHUNTER 11
SINTERS 8
SMARTEN 11
SNIFTER 11
SNORTED 9
SNORTER 8
SORBENT 11
STAINER 8
STANDER 9
STEARIN 8
STENTOR 8
STERNAL 9
STERNER 8
STERNLY 11
STERNUM 12
STINGER 10
STINKER 12
STINTER 8
STONERS 8
STONIER 8
STRANGE 10
STRIVEN 12
STUNNER 10
STYRENE 10
SUBRENT 12
TANKERS 12
TANNERS 9
TANRECS 11
TAVERNS 12
TEENERS 8
TENDERS 9
TENNERS 9
TENOURS 9
TENRECS 11
TENSORS 8
TENTERS 8
TENURES 9
THENARS 10
THRONES 10
TINDERS 9
TINKERS 12
TINNERS 9
TINTERS 8
TONGERS 10
TONNERS 9
TONSURE 9
TRANCES 11
TREASON 8
TREPANS 11
TRIENES 8
TRIUNES 9
TUREENS 9
TURNERS 9
TWINERS 11
UNDREST 10
UNITERS 9
UNRESTS 9
VENTERS 12
VERSANT 12
WANTERS 11
WESTERN 11
WINTERS 11
YESTERN 10
6 letter words with the letters STERN ↑
ANTRES 7
ASTERN 7
BRENTS 10
ENTERS 7
ESTRIN 7
INERTS 7
INSERT 7
INTERS 7
NESTER 7
NESTOR 7
NITERS 7
NITRES 7
NOTERS 7
RENEST 7
RENTES 7
RESENT 7
SENTRY 9
SINTER 7
SPRENT 10
STERNA 7
STERNS 7
STONER 7
STREWN 10
TENORS 7
TENSER 7
TENSOR 7
TERNES 7
TONERS 7
TREENS 7
TRENDS 8
TRIENS 7
TRINES 7
TRONES 7
TUNERS 8
UNREST 8
5 letter words with the letters STERN ↑
NERTS 6
RENTS 6
STERN 6
TERNS 6
4 letter words with the letters STERN ↑
ERNS 5
ERST 4
NEST 5
NETS 5
RENT 5
REST 4
RETS 4
SENT 5
TENS 5
TERN 5
3 letter words with the letters STERN ↑
ENS 4
ERN 4
ERS 3
NET 4
RES 3
RET 3
SEN 4
SER 3
SET 3
TEN 4
2 letter words with the letters STERN ↑
EN 3
ER 2
ES 2
ET 2
NE 3
RE 2

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