[contravariant]

Kind of interesting to note that 'work' (as in physical energy) and 'labour' use the same word in German.

[bombcar]

Labor is just labora- latin for work.

[whatch]

As in Russian (and I guess in Ukrainian).

[drran]

In Ukrainian: work - робота, labour - праця.

[samber]

in french too

[alangibson]

Yea, but power is Kraft.

[_Microft]

German "Kraft"[0] as physical term means "force" in English, while "power" translates as "Leistung"[1].

[0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leistung_(Physik)

[alangibson]

Honestly they get mixed up just like in English.

Kraftwerk for power plant, Kraftstoff for fuel. But then you have elektrische Leistung for electrical power.

[selimthegrim]

He is probably thinking in sense of “Atomkraft”

[inciampati]

And English.

clarification: those words are 100% exact synonyms. (Native speaker, of American at least.)

[torotonnato]

In Italian too (lavoro)

[kwhitefoot]

And in English.