Polyglot Dictionary

Gewalt

/ɡəˈvalt/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. violence; force, power

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Wucht

Gewalt is the general word for violence or force/power; Wucht specifically means the force or impact of something hitting (literally or figuratively).

Similar in other languages

Spanish

ferocidad

Close — violence, force relates to ferocity.

English

force

Close — violence, power relates to force.

Practice

1 What does Gewalt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Polizei verurteilte die ___ bei der Demonstration.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gewalt?

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