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tenseness noun

  • The characteristic of being tense.
 Gespanntheit

tense verb

  /tɛns/
  • (intransitive) To become tense.
 anspannen, spannen
  • (transitive) To make tense.
 spannen

tense noun

  /tɛns/
  • (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
 Tempus, Zeit

tense adjective

  /tɛns/
  • Showing signs of stress or strain.
 angespannt, gespannt, verkrampft
  • Pulled taut, without any slack.
 gespannt, straff
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