entkalken
German, verb[ɛntˈkalkən]
entkalken is spelled E-N-T-K-A-L-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entkalken is a German verb meaning “to decalcify, to descale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas von Kalkablagerungen befreien, Kalk entfernen”.
What does entkalken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decalcify, to descale
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas von Kalkablagerungen befreien, Kalk entfernen
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 entkalken
- entkalkt present singular third-person
- entkalkte past
- haben auxiliary
- entkalkend participle present
- entkalke first-person indicative present
- entkalkst indicative present second-person
- entkalkest second-person singular subjunctive
- entkalket plural second-person subjunctive
- entkalkten first-person indicative plural
- entkalktest indicative preterite second-person
- entkalktet indicative plural preterite
- entkalk imperative second-person singular
- habe entkalkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entkalkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entkalk! imperative singular
- entkalke! imperative singular
- entkalkt! imperative plural
- entkalkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entkalken?
- [ɛntˈkalkən]
- [ɛntˈkalkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entkalken in German?
entkalken appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).