The English name for a German weight or mass unit, the zentner, equal to 50 kilograms or about 110.231 pounds. The name centner should not be used for the cental (See above)
Russ Rowlett (Director), How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, Center for Mathematics and Science Education University of North Carolina, USA 2005. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html, (Unit of Meas and Covr Factors - Amer) {608}