bärkraft
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
bära (“carry, bear”) + kraft (“power, strength”)
Noun edit
bärkraft c
- ability to bear weight (without breaking, sinking, immobilization, or the like); bearing capacity, carrying capacity, etc.
- isens bärkraft
- the bearing capacity of the ice
- båtens/luftskeppets bärkraft
- the carrying capacity of the boat/airship
- pelarens bärkraft
- the load-bearing capacity of the pillar
- (figuratively, ecology) carrying capacity
- (figuratively, especially economics) sustainability, viability (solidity, ability to not succumb)
Declension edit
| Declension of bärkraft | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | bärkraft | bärkraften | — | — |
| Genitive | bärkrafts | bärkraftens | — | — |