severe

severe
adjective,
severer, severest
1) (strict) streng; hart [Urteil, Strafe, Kritik]

be severe on or with somebody — streng mit jemandem sein od. umgehen

2) (violent, extreme) streng [Frost, Winter]; schwer [Sturm, Dürre, Verlust, Behinderung, Verletzung]; rau [Wetter]; heftig [Anfall, Schmerz]
3) (making great demands) hart [Test, Prüfung, Konkurrenz]
4) (serious, not slight) bedrohlich [Mangel, Knappheit]; heftig, stark [Blutung]; schwer [Krankheit]
5) (unadorned) streng [Stil, Schönheit, Dekor]
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[sə'viə]
adjective
1) ((of something unpleasant) serious; extreme: severe shortages of food; a severe illness; Our team suffered a severe defeat.) schlimm
2) (strict or harsh: a severe mother; severe criticism.) streng,scharf
3) ((of style in dress etc) very plain: a severe hairstyle.) schlicht
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se·vere
[səˈvɪəʳ, AM -ˈvɪr]
adj
1. (very serious) schwer, schlimm; (intense) heftig, stark
\severe blow/concussion schwerer Schlag/schwere Gehirnerschütterung
\severe cutbacks in [public] spending drastische Kürzungen der [öffentlichen] Ausgaben
\severe headache heftige Kopfschmerzen
\severe injury schwere Verletzung
\severe pain starker Schmerz
to be under \severe strain unter starkem Druck stehen
2. (harsh) hart; (strict) streng; METEO (harsh) rau; (extreme) heftig, stark; (violent) gewaltig
his indecision was a \severe test of her patience seine Unentschlossenheit strapazierte ihre Geduld bis aufs Äußerste
▪ to be \severe with sb streng mit jdm sein
\severe cold eisige Kälte
\severe criticism/punishment/sentence harte Kritik/Strafe/hartes Urteil
\severe frost/winter strenger Frost/Winter
\severe judge strenger Richter/strenge Richterin
\severe reprimand scharfer Tadel
\severe storm heftiger Sturm
\severe tone barscher Ton
3. (very plain) building, dress schlicht
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[sI'vɪə(r)]
adj (+er)
1) (= grave, grievous) defeat, hardship, damage, pressure schwer; illness, injury, blow, loss schwer, schlimm; pain stark, heftig; problem schwer, ernsthaft; consequence schwerwiegend, schwer wiegend

to have a severe cold — eine schwere Erkältung haben

2) (= strict) critic, law, punishment, test hart; penalty schwer(wiegend), schwer (wiegend); discipline streng, eisern; reprimand, criticism scharf
3) (= harsh) weather rau; weather conditions schwer, schwierig; winter streng, hart; frost, drought schwer, schlimm; storm schwer, stark
4) (= grim, serious) person, manner streng; expression ernst

to be severe with sb — streng mit jdm sein

to be severe on sb — hart über jdn urteilen

5) (= austere) clothes, appearance, hairstyle, architecture, style streng
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severe [sıˈvıə(r)] adj
1. allg streng:
a) scharf, hart (Kritik, Richter, Strafe etc)
b) ernst, finster (Blick, Gesicht etc)
c) rau, hart (Winter)
d) herb (Schönheit)
e) einfach, schlicht, schmucklos (Stil etc)
f) exakt, strikt (Übereinstimmung etc)
g) schwierig, schwer (Test etc)
2. schlimm, schwer (Krankheit etc):
a severe blow ein harter oder schwerer Schlag (a. fig);
severe losses schwere oder empfindliche Verluste;
severe operation MED schwere Operation
3. heftig, stark (Schmerz, Sturm):
be in severe pain starke Schmerzen haben
4. scharf, beißend (Bemerkung etc)
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adjective,
severer, severest
1) (strict) streng; hart [Urteil, Strafe, Kritik]

be severe on or with somebody — streng mit jemandem sein od. umgehen

2) (violent, extreme) streng [Frost, Winter]; schwer [Sturm, Dürre, Verlust, Behinderung, Verletzung]; rau [Wetter]; heftig [Anfall, Schmerz]
3) (making great demands) hart [Test, Prüfung, Konkurrenz]
4) (serious, not slight) bedrohlich [Mangel, Knappheit]; heftig, stark [Blutung]; schwer [Krankheit]
5) (unadorned) streng [Stil, Schönheit, Dekor]
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adj.
akut (Schmerzen) adj.
ernst adj.
hart adj.
heftig adj.
massiv adj.
streng adj.

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