sternness

English

sternness (countable and uncountable, plural sternnesses)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being stern.
- 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track‎, Guardian Unlimited:
  There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.
(countable) The result or product of being stern.

state or quality of being stern

German: Strenge (de) f, Härte (de) f, Ernst (de) m, Strengheit f, Gestrengigkeit f (archaic)

result or product of being stern

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