Gewalt
Meaning
- (feminine) strong or violent force
- (feminine) violence
- (feminine) physical control or power
- (feminine) authority; legally established control or power
Frequency
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈvalt/
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.
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