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Kraft

See also: kraft

English edit

Etymology edit

German, Jewish, Swedish and Danish surname, from the noun Kraft (“strength, power”). Compare Croft and Craft.

Proper noun edit

Kraft

  1. A surname.

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (strength, power). Cognate with Dutch kracht, English craft.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʁaft/
  • (Berlin)
    (file)
  • (Austria)
    (file)

Noun edit

Kraft f (genitive Kraft, plural Kräfte)

  1. power, force, strength
    Er hat keine Kraft mehr.
    He has no more power.
  2. (physics) force
    Bei der Geschwindigkeit wirken immense Kräfte.
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  3. (military, usually in the plural) force (soldier)
    Die Front braucht frische Kräfte.
    The front needs fresh forces.
  4. (often in compounds) worker, employee
    Man müsste eine Kraft einstellen, um diese ganzen Akten zu sortieren.
    We should hire someone to organize all these files.

Declension edit

Declension of Kraft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kraft die Kräfte
genitive einer der Kraft der Kräfte
dative einer der Kraft den Kräften
accusative eine die Kraft die Kräfte

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Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (strength, power).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Kraft f (plural Kreft)

  1. strength, force

Further reading edit

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