bärkraft
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]bära (“carry, bear”) + kraft (“power, strength”)
Noun
[edit]bärkraft c
- ability to bear weight (without breaking, sinking, immobilization, or the like); bearing capacity, carrying capacity, etc.
- isens bärkraft
- the bearing capacity of the ice
- båtens/luftskeppets bärkraft
- the carrying capacity of the boat/airship
- pelarens bärkraft
- the load-bearing capacity of the pillar
- (figuratively, ecology) carrying capacity
- (figuratively, especially economics) sustainability, viability (solidity, ability to not succumb)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bärkraft | bärkrafts |
| definite | bärkraften | bärkraftens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |