Kalksinter
[ˈkalkˌzɪntɐ]
The verdict
“Kalksinter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sinterablagerungen von Kalk an kalkhaltigen Quellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kalksinter · Kalksinter · German
Kalksinter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kalksinter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkalkˌzɪntɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kalksinter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kalksinter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkalkˌzɪntɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sinterablagerungen von Kalk an kalkhaltigen Quellen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kalksinter in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kalksinter, spelled K-A-L-K-S-I-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sinterablagerungen von Kalk an kalkhaltigen Quellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kalksinter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Alabaster, feinkörnige, durchscheinende Art des Gipses, meist von schneeweißer Farbe, benannt nach der Stadt Alabastron in Oberägypten; wird wie der Kalk-A., ein durchscheinender Kalksinter, zu Skulpturarbeiten benutzt.“
„An einer Gefällstufe bildete sich nun durch die Verwirbelung des Wassers eine luftige Kalkstruktur, die man Travertin oder Kalksinter nennt.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.