Kraft
See also: kraft
English
Etymology
From German, Jewish, Swedish and Danish surname, from the noun Kraft (“strength, power”). Compare Croft and Craft.
Proper noun
Kraft
- A surname.
German
Etymology
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, Low German Kracht, English craft, Danish kraft.
Pronunciation
Noun
Kraft f (genitive Kraft, plural Kräfte)
- power, force, strength
- Er hat keine Kraft mehr.
- He has no more power.
- (physics) force
- Bei der Geschwindigkeit wirken immense Kräfte.
- Immense forces act at this speed.
- (military, usually in the plural) force (soldier)
- Die Front braucht frische Kräfte.
- The front needs fresh forces.
- (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
Declension of Kraft [feminine]
Hyponyms
- Arbeitskraft
- Atomkraft
- Auflagerkraft
- Druckkraft
- Einsatzkraft
- Gewichtskraft
- Heilkraft
- Hilfskraft
- Kampfkraft
- Kernkraft
- Körperkraft
- Lebenskraft
- Maximalkraft
- Schaffenskraft
- Scheinkraft
- Scherkraft
- Schnellkraft
- Schöpferkraft ("creative power")
- Schöpfungskraft
- Schubkraft
- Schwerkraft
- Spannkraft
- Sprengkraft
- Tatkraft
- Überzeugungskraft
- Urteilskraft
- Vorstellungskraft
- Windkraft
- Zugkraft
- Zwangskraft
Derived terms
- in der Ruhe liegt die Kraft
- in Kraft
- kraft
- Kraftakt
- Kraftausdauer
- Kraftfahrzeug
- Kraftgesetz
- kräftig
- kräftigen
- kraftlos
- Kraftprotz
- Kraftraum
- Kraftsport
- Krafttraining
- Kraftwagen
- Kraftwerk
- verkraften
Descendants
- → Kashubian: krafy
Further reading
- “Kraft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “Kraft” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Kraft” in Duden online
- “Kraft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (strength, power).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kraft/
Noun
Kraft f (plural Kreft)
Further reading
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Kraft”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch