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Zentner
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German
Alternative forms
- Centner (obsolete)
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin centēnārius (“containing hundred”), from centum (“hundred”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Zentner m (strong, genitive Zentners, plural Zentner)
- (Germany) hundredweight (50 kilograms or 100 lbs)
- (Austria, Switzerland) quintal (100 kilograms or 200 lbs)
- Synonym: (Germany) Doppelzentner
Declension
Declension of Zentner [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
- Doppelzentner
- Meterzentner
Descendants
- → Yiddish: צענטנער (tsentner)
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