Wucht

== German == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vʊxt/, [vʊxt], [vʊχt], [ʋ-] Rhymes: -ʊχt === Noun === Wucht f (genitive Wucht, plural (rare) Wuchten) (obsolete) weight massiveness, bulkiness, bulk force, momentum of a moving mass force, impetus, the sudden accumulation of power into a motion (figurative) stunning, powerful effect on the mind etc. (informal, dated, usually predicative, with indefinite article) something great, smashing, rad (obsolete) lifting-jack, lever Synonyms: Hebebaum, Wuchtbaum ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== wuchten wuchtig ==== Related terms ==== Gewicht === Further reading === “Wucht” in Duden online “Wucht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Wucht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *wihtą. Cognate with Dutch wicht, German Wicht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vʊxt/ Hyphenation: Wucht Rhymes: -ʊxt === Noun === Wucht n (plural Wuchtere) girl, lass ==== Coordinate terms ==== Wäänt (“boy, lad”) === References === Marron C. Fort (2015), “Wucht”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN