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Wucht.

weight

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/vʊxt/[vʊxt][vʊχt][ʋ-]
  1. weight

    feminine · obsolete
  2. massiveness, bulkiness, bulk

    feminine
    Die Wucht der Kasernenbauten steht in scharfem Kontrast zu den umliegenden Reihenhäuschen.
  3. force, momentum of a moving mass

    feminine
    Der Krater zeugt von der Wucht des Einschlags.
  4. force, impetus, the sudden accumulation of power into a motion

    feminine
    Du solltest die Hantel nicht mit Wucht hochziehen, sondern langsam nach oben drücken.
  5. stunning, powerful effect on the mind etc.

    feminine · figuratively
    Die Nachricht von ihrem Tod traf mich mit voller Wucht.
  6. something great, smashing, rad

    dated · feminine · informal · predicative · usually
    Das ist ja ’ne Wucht, dass wir uns hier treffen.
  7. lifting-jack, lever

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

17th century (standard since ca. 1800), from Low German Wucht (“weight”), byform of Wicht with assimilation of the vowel to the adjacent consonants. Further from Middle Low German wicht(e), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. Cognate with English weight.

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