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Kraft
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kraft
English
Etymology
From en de -, Jewish, en sv - and en da - surname, from the noun de Kraft strength, power. Compare en Croft and en Craft.
Proper noun
en.
en Adrian Horton Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-free-palestine 2026-09-14 According to Macklemore, Sheeran was under pressure from stadium owners rallied by Robert Kraft – the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and their Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, where Sheeran was next slated to play – to drop Macklemore from the tour, lest the English singer be barred from their venues. https://web.archive.org/web/20260915024009/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-free-palestine
German
Etymology
de :inh gmh:kraft<ety:inh<goh:kraft<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*kraftu>>>>
From de gmh kraft, from de goh kraft, from de gmw-pro *kraftu, from de gem-pro *kraftuz strength, power.
Cognate with nl kracht, nds Kracht, en craft, da kraft.
Pronunciation
de /kʁaft/
de De-Kraft.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-at-Kraft.ogg Austria
de aft 1
Noun
f,^e
power, force, strength
de Er hat keine Kraft mehr. He has no more power.
de physics force
de Bei der Geschwindigkeit wirken immense Kräfte. Immense forces act at this speed.
de military usually in the plural force soldier
de Die Front braucht frische Kräfte. The front needs fresh forces.
de often in compounds worker, employee
de Man müsste eine Kraft einstellen, um diese ganzen Akten zu sortieren. We should hire someone to organize all these files.
Declension
f,^e
Hyponyms
de Arbeitskraft Atomkraft Auflagerkraft Druckkraft Einsatzkraft Gewichtskraft Heilkraft Hilfskraft Kampfkraft Körperkraft Kernkraft Lebenskraft Maximalkraft Schaffenskraft Scheinkraft Schnellkraft Scherkraft Schöpferkraft ("creative power") Schöpfungskraft Schwerkraft Schubkraft Spannkraft Sprengkraft Tatkraft Urteilskraft Überzeugungskraft Vorstellungskraft Windkraft Zugkraft Zwangskraft
Derived terms
de in Kraft kraft kräftig kraftlos kräftigen verkraften in der Ruhe liegt die Kraft Kraftakt Kraftausdauer Kraftfahrzeug Kraftgesetz Kraftprotz Kraftraum Kraftsport Krafttraining Kraftwagen Kraftwerk
Descendants
csb krafy 1
belohnen===Further reading===
Kraft_Energie_Staerke
Hunsrik
Etymology
From hrx gmh kraft, from hrx goh kraft, from hrx gmw-pro *kraftu, from hrx gem-pro *kraftuz strength, power.
Pronunciation
hrx /kraft/
Noun
f Kreft
strength, force
Further reading