Schwerkraft

If you are a regular follower of Word of the Week, you will have noticed that German is a highly descriptive language. While English generally relies on Latin roots for its scientific and medical vocabulary, German is true to itself. The English word "gravity," for example, is derived from "gravitas" in Latin, meaning "heaviness." The Germans just stuck two very appropriate words together: "schwer" (heavy) and "Kraft" (power). But whatever you want to call it, somebody should tell this motorcycle driver that what goes up, must come down.