donkraft

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German dumkraft, from Old Saxon thūmo (“thumb”) + kraft (“force, power”). Compare with German daumkraft, Swedish domkraft.

Noun

donkraft

  1. a jack (lifting device)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German dumkraft, compare with Danish donkraft, Swedish domkraft.

Noun

donkraft f or m (definite singular donkrafta or donkraften, indefinite plural donkrafter, definite plural donkraftene)

  1. a jack (lifting device)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German dumkraft.

Noun

donkraft f (definite singular donkrafta, indefinite plural donkrafter, definite plural donkraftene)

  1. a jack (lifting device)

Synonyms

References

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