gewicht

Meaning

weight

Concepts

weight

self-assurance

load

concern

importance

significance

aplomb

heft

account

advantage

benefit

good

interest

seriousness

stake

consequence

force

import

purport

salience

heaviness

gravity

burden

caliber

Hyphenated as

ge‧wicht

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣəˈʋɪxt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gewichte. Compare Middle Dutch wicht. Ultimately from Old Dutch wiht, from Proto-West Germanic *wihti, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz, *gawihtiz (compare *weganą). Equivalent to ge- + wegen (“to weigh”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

Sentences

De kleine wieltjes konden het gewicht niet dragen .

The small wheels could not bear the weight.