Macht
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See also: macht
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Macht (plural Machts)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Macht is the 40800th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 535 individuals. Macht is most common among White (97.38%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Macht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 483.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German maht, from Old High German maht. Cognate with Dutch macht, English might.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Macht f (genitive Macht, plural Mächte)
- power, authority
- Die Kanzlerin übernahm die Macht im Jahr 2005.
- The Chancellor took power in 2005.
- might, strength
- Glauben Sie an die Macht der Liebe?
- Do you believe in the power of love?
Declension
[edit]Declension of Macht [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- Achsenmacht f (“Axis power”)
- Allmacht f (“omnipotence”)
- Atommacht
- Besatzungsmacht
- entmachten
- Großmacht
- Kolonialmacht
- Landmacht
- Luftmacht
- Machtarmut
- Machtausdehnung
- Machtausübung
- Machtausweitung
- Machtbereich
- Machterweiterung
- Machtfülle
- Machtgewinn
- Machthaber
- mächtig
- Machtmissbrauch
- Machtvergrößerung
- Machtverkleinerung
- Machtverlust
- Machtverringerung
- Meinungsmacht
- Militärmacht
- Mittelmacht
- Ohnmacht f (“fainting; powerlessness”)
- Regionalmacht
- Seemacht f (“naval power”)
- Staatsmacht
- Streitmacht
- Übermacht
- Vertretungsmacht
- Vollmacht
- Wehrmacht
- Wirtschaftsmacht
- Zaubermacht f (“magical power”)
Further reading
[edit]Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German maht. Compare German Macht, Dutch macht, English might.
Noun
[edit]Macht f
Plautdietsch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German macht, from Old Saxon maht.
Noun
[edit]Macht f (plural Majchta)
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