English-Dutch translations for spartan

• Spartaan
  Ik ben geen Spartaan, eerder een Athener. I was not a Spartan, I am much more an Athenian.
  Mijnheer de Voorzitter, in het huis van Europa is de jeugd- en kinderkamer tot nu toe zeer Spartaans ingericht. Mr President, in the European Parliament, the room for young people and children is still, even now, equipped in only a very Spartan fashion.
• spartaans
  Mijnheer de Voorzitter, in het huis van Europa is de jeugd- en kinderkamer tot nu toe zeer Spartaans ingericht. Mr President, in the European Parliament, the room for young people and children is still, even now, equipped in only a very Spartan fashion.

Definition of spartan

• Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial
• Resolute in the face of danger or adversity
• Lacking in decoration and luxury

Examples

• I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom
• The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death
• After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmers wife

Related words

• spartanness
• Spartanness
• Spartanic