Gewalt
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]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:
- Und dann war plötzlich ein rastloses Sehnen über sie gekommen, und mit unwiderstehlicher Gewalt hatte es sie aus der Ferne hierher zurückgezogen in das Haus, wo das Glück einst wohnte.
- And then she had suddenly been overcome by a restless longing, and with irresistible force she had been drawn back out of the distance here into the house where the happiness once lived.
- 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
[edit]Declension of Gewalt [feminine]
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Polish: gwałt (“rape”)
Further reading
[edit]Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gewalt, from Old High German giwalt, from Proto-West Germanic *wald. Compare German Gewalt, Dutch geweld.
Noun
[edit]Gewalt f
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