Kaliko
German, noun/ˈkaliko/
Kaliko is spelled K-A-L-I-K-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaliko is a German masculine noun meaning “calico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feines und sehr dichtes Baumwollgewebe, das häufig in appretierter Form für Bucheinbände verwendet wird”.
What does Kaliko mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalico
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feines und sehr dichtes Baumwollgewebe, das häufig in appretierter Form für Bucheinbände verwendet wird
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 Kaliko
- Kalikos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaliko?
- /ˈkaliko/
- [ˈkaliko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kaliko
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kaliko in German?
Kaliko appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).