kalben

/[ˈkalbn̩]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

kalben is aGermanverb. It means: ein Kalb gebären Pronounced [ˈkalbn̩].

Key facts for kalben
PropertyValue
Headwordkalben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkalbn̩]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

kalben is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kalben is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkalbn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for kalben in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kalben, spelled K-A-L-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Kalb gebären
  2. 2
    abbrechen großer Eismassen (von einem Gletscher oder einer Inlandeismasse), die als Eisberge in das Meer oder ein Binnengewässer stürzen
  3. 3
    ein Kind gebären
  4. 4
    wie ein junges, ungeschicktes Kalb springen und spielen, umhertollen
  5. 5
    sich albern, ausgelassen und lebhaft hin und her bewegen
  6. 6
    sich neckisch balgen, schäkern
  7. 7
    ungehörig laut und schief singen; johlen, schreien
  8. 8
    sich erbrechen, vor allem nach übermäßigem Alkoholgenuss
  9. 9
    (von einem Wagen) zur Seite stürzen
  10. 10
    defekt, schadhaft werden; entzweigehen; nicht mehr funktionieren
  11. 11
    jemanden liebevoll an sich drücken, liebkosend umarmen
  12. 12
    etwas (Geringfügiges) heimlich, unbemerkt in seinen Besitz bringen und behalten

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kalben"?
"kalben" is spelled K-A-L-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkalbn̩].
What does "kalben" mean?
As a verb, "kalben" means: ein Kalb gebären
How do you pronounce "kalben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kalben" is [ˈkalbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kalben" come from?
"kalben" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.