Kalk
German, noun
Kalk is spelled K-A-L-K (4 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kalk is a German masculine noun meaning “lime (general term for inorganic materials containing calcium)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kalk is a different word: “singular imperative of kalken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rohstoff im Baugewerbe”.
What does Kalk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelime (general term for inorganic materials containing calcium)
- 2
masculinelimescale, scale (calcium deposit)
- 3
masculinechalk
- 4
masculinelimestone (calcium rock)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of kalken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rohstoff im Baugewerbe 2. Salz der Kohlensäure 3. in Knochen enthaltenes Kalzium 4. Material zum Düngen
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 Kalk
- Kalkes genitive
- Kalks genitive
- Kalke plural
- Kalken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kalk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kalk in German?
Kalk appears 4.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).