Kalbe

[ˈkalbə]

/[ˈkalbə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kalbe” is uncommon German (frequency #74,750 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,750
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - junge, geschlechtsreife Kuh vor dem ersten Kalben

Corpus desk

Index DE-kalbe · Kalbe · German

Kalbe · rank #74,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,750
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kadi

Nearest frequency peer: Kadi (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kalbe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kalbe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kalbe
PropertyValue
HeadwordKalbe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkalbə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#74,750
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kalbe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kalbefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kadi“ (#74,749), „Kaltmiete“ (#74,751), „kaas“ (#74,748). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kalbe“ bei #74,750. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kalbe is uncommon German at frequency #74,750 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkalbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "junge, geschlechtsreife Kuh vor dem ersten Kalben".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kalbe, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kalbe, spelled K-A-L-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    junge, geschlechtsreife Kuh vor dem ersten Kalben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kalbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die beiden Kalben müssen heute unbedingt raus auf die Weide.

Synonyms

FärseKalbinSterke

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kalbe"?
"Kalbe" is spelled K-A-L-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkalbə].
What does "Kalbe" mean?
As a noun, "Kalbe" means: junge, geschlechtsreife Kuh vor dem ersten Kalben
How do you pronounce "Kalbe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kalbe" is [ˈkalbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kalbe" come from?
"Kalbe" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kalbe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jalta#74,739herze#74,700lapis#74,814Lurch#74,839

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list