Kalorie
[kaloˈʁiː]
The verdict
“Kalorie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wärmemenge, die nötig ist, um die Temperatur von einem Gramm Wasser (unter bestimmten Bedingungen) um ein Grad Celsius zu erhöhen (etwa 4,2 Joule)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kalorie · Kalorie · German
Kalorie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Kalorie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaloˈʁiː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kalorie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kalorie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaloˈʁiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Kalorie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kalorie, spelled K-A-L-O-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wärmemenge, die nötig ist, um die Temperatur von einem Gramm Wasser (unter bestimmten Bedingungen) um ein Grad Celsius zu erhöhen (etwa 4,2 Joule)
- 2Wärmemenge, die nötig ist, um die Temperatur von einem Kilogramm Wasser (unter bestimmten Bedingungen) um ein Grad Celsius zu erhöhen (1000 Kalorien_([1]))
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kalorie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Physik misst man nicht mehr in Kalorien, sondern in Joule.
Nahrungsmittelproduzenten geben den Brennwert oft zusätzlich in der Einheit Kilokalorie an, die dem Tausendfachen einer Kalorie entspricht.
Synonyms
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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.