centner

English

Etymology

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

Noun

centner (plural centners)

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).

Related terms

• cent
• centavo m
• centesimal
• centesimo m
• centiem m
• centigram
• centiliter
• centimo m

Translations

unit of weight of 100 base units

• German: Zentner (de) m (Germany: 50 kg, Austria, Switzerland: 100 kg)
• Swedish: centner (sv) c (100 lb, 42.5 kg)

unit of weight of 100 kg

• German: Doppelzentner (de) m (Germany), Zentner (de) m (Austria, Switzerland)
• Hungarian: mázsa (hu)
• Ingrian: tsentnera

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zentner, from Latin centēnārius.

Noun

centner c

1. A hundredweight, quintal (100 lbs, 42.5 kg)
   • 1860 August 15, “Malmö [Malmö]”, in Malmö Allehanda‎^[1], page 1:

     Under ſiſtl. Juli månad hafwa å Statens Södra Stambana tranſporterats 36,923 pasſagerare och 74,103 centner 16 ſkålp. gods, och utgjorde inkomſterna tillsammans 30,170 rdr 65 öre Weſtra Stambanan hade under ſamma tid en inskomſt af 59,951 rdr 77 öre.

     During the last month of July, on the State's Southern Main Line, has 36,923 passengers and 74,103 centners 16 pounds of goods been transported, and the total income was 30,170 riksdaler 65 öre, the Western Main Line had during the same time an income of 59,951 riksdaler 77 öre.

Declension

Declension of centner

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	centner	centners
	definite	centnern	centnerns
plural	indefinite	centner	centners
	definite	centnerna	centnernas

Further reading

• centner in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• centner in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• centern, centren