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Macht

German, noun

Macht is spelled M-A-C-H-T (5 letters) and appears 708 times per million words in written German, the 137th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macht is a German feminine noun meaning “power, authority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, macht is a different word: “third-person singular present of machen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit, auf andere Einfluss ausüben zu können, auch gegen deren Willen”.

What does Macht mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepower, authority

    Die Kanzlerin übernahm die Macht im Jahr 2005.

  2. 2

    femininemight, strength

    Glauben Sie an die Macht der Liebe?

verb

as macht
  1. 1

    third-person singular present of machen

  2. 2

    second-person plural present

  3. 3

    plural imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fähigkeit, auf andere Einfluss ausüben zu können, auch gegen deren Willen 2. Institution, Organisation oder Person, die die Fähigkeit hat, auf andere, auch gegen deren Willen, Einfluss auszuüben

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Macht

  • Mächte plural
  • Mächten dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Macht

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Macht in German?

Macht appears 708 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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