Re: Kraft

[igal@vms.huji.ac.il (Igal Galili)]

> > Can someone please give the transliteration of the german word
> >
> > Kraft
> >
> > together with some possible connotations.

> > Jim Green

> direct translation =  Force
>
> adjective "kraeftig" = strong
>
> As always, any other possible connotation will strongly
> depend on the context wherein the word appears.
>
> M.A. Santos

        My dictionary also mentions "power", as a second synonym, and
"energy", as  a meaning  for "Kraft" in physics (!).  It is natural to have
such a mixture of meanings in language though it is totally unacceptable
today in physics.  But look at the free use of these notions by Galileo.
And I would, of course, ask our colleague Hans Niedderer
(niedderer@physik.uni-bremen.de)  from the University of Bremen.

Igal.