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by _Microft 1384 days ago
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)

2 comments

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.

He is probably thinking in sense of “Atomkraft”