Scherkraft
German, noun/ˈʃeːɐ̯ˌkʁaft/
Scherkraft is spelled S-C-H-E-R-K-R-A-F-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scherkraft is a German feminine noun meaning “shear force, shearing force” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Scherung bewirkende Kraft”.
What does Scherkraft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshear force, shearing force
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Scherung bewirkende Kraft
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 Scherkraft
- Scherkräfte plural
- Scherkräften dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scherkraft?
- /ˈʃeːɐ̯ˌkʁaft/
- [ˈʃeːɐ̯ˌkʁaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Scherkraft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Scherkraft in German?
Scherkraft appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).