kracht

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cracht, from Old Dutch craft, from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɑxt/
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  • Hyphenation: kracht
  • Rhymes: -ɑxt

Noun

kracht f (plural krachten, diminutive krachtje n)

  1. power, force, strength
  2. (physics) force

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: krag
  • Negerhollands: kracht, kragt
  • Indonesian: gaya (force, literally power, strength) (semantic loan)
  • Sranan Tongo: krakti

German

Pronunciation

Verb

kracht

  1. inflection of krachen:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative