centner

== English == === Etymology === Probably from Low German, cp. German Zentner, comparable to the hundredweight. Doublet of centenary, kantar, and quintal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛntnəɹ/ === Noun === centner (plural centners) A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds. A nonstandard metric unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, commonly used as an agricultural measure in Eastern Bloc countries (similar to a bushel). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Old Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sʲɛntnɛːr/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sʲɛntner/ === Noun === centner m animacy unattested alternative form of centnar == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Zentner, from Latin centēnārius. === Noun === centner c A hundredweight, quintal (100 lbs, 42.5 kg) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “centner”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) centner in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === centern, centren