centner

Probably from Low German, cp. German Zentner, comparable to the hundredweight. Doublet of centenary, kantar, and quintal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntnəɹ/

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).

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /t͡sʲɛntnɛːr/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /t͡sʲɛntner/

centner m animacy unattested

1. alternative form of centnar

Borrowed from German Zentner, from Latin centēnārius.

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.

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

• centern, centren