Kalamität
German, noun/ˌkalamiˈtɛːt/
Kalamität is spelled K-A-L-A-M-I-T-Ä-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kalamität is a German feminine noun meaning “calamity (an event resulting in great loss)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “peinliche Lage, arge Verlegenheit”.
What does Kalamität mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalamity (an event resulting in great loss)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peinliche Lage, arge Verlegenheit 2. massenhafte Schädigung von Pflanzen (zum Beispiel durch Hagel, Erkrankung, Schädlinge)
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 Kalamität
- Kalamitäten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kalamität?
- /ˌkalamiˈtɛːt/
- /-ˈteːt/
- [ˌkalamiˈtɛːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kalamität
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kalamität in German?
Kalamität appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).