English-German translations for austere

• genügsam
• gestrafft
• schlicht
• straff
• stramm

Definition of austere

• Grim or severe in manner or appearance
• Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy

Examples

• The headmistress was an austere old woman
• The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour

Related words

• Auster
• austerity
• austerely
• exhauster
• antiausterity
• Austerian
• Austerlitz
• Austerfield
• Austerson