bärkraft

Swedish

Etymology

bära (carry, bear) + kraft (power, strength)

Noun

bärkraft c

  1. 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
  2. (figuratively, ecology) carrying capacity
  3. (figuratively, especially economics) sustainability, viability (solidity, ability to not succumb)

Declension

Declension of bärkraft 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bärkraft bärkraften
Genitive bärkrafts bärkraftens

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