centner

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.
  2. A nonstandard metric unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, commonly used as an agricultural measure in Eastern Bloc countries (similar to a bushel).

Synonyme

metric hundredweight

doppelzentner

short hundredweight

Übersetzungen

αγγλικός στατήρας

στατήρας

Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Probably from Low German, cp. German Zentner, comparable to the hundredweight.

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