Gewalt

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gewalt, from Old High German giwalt, from Proto-West Germanic *gawald, from Proto-Germanic *gawaldą, from *ga- +‎ *waldą (“power, authority”). Cognate with Yiddish געוואַלד (gevald), Dutch geweld, English wald. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈvalt/, [ɡəˈvalt], [-ˈʋalt], (southern also) [ɡ̊e-] Hyphenation: Ge‧walt === Noun === Gewalt f (genitive Gewalt, plural Gewalten) strong or violent force Naturgewalt ― force of nature Schrauben mit Gewalt herausreißen ― to rip out screws with force 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13: violence [with gegen (+ accusative) ‘against someone/something’] häusliche Gewalt ― domestic violence Gewalt gegen Sachen ― violence against inanimate objects physical control or power [with über (+ accusative) ‘over someone/something’] die Gewalt über die Geiseln ― control of the hostages (now restricted to specific contexts) authority; legally established control or power [with über (+ accusative) ‘over someone/something’] Staatsgewalt ― governmental authority Verfügungsgewalt über persönliches Eigentum ― free disposal of one’s personal property (literally, “authority of disposal [...]”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Nouns: Adjectives: Adverbs: Verbs: ==== Related terms ==== vergewaltigen walten ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: gwałt (“rape”), gwołt (Łowicz)→ Belarusian: гвалт (hvalt)→ Russian: гвалт (gvalt)→ Ukrainian: ґвалт (gvalt) === Further reading === “Gewalt” in Duden online “Gewalt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Gewalt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Gewalt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gewalt, from Old High German giwalt, from Proto-West Germanic *wald. Compare German Gewalt, Dutch geweld. === Noun === Gewalt f power violence