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Kalorie

German, noun[kaloˈʁiː]

Kalorie is spelled K-A-L-O-R-I-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kalorie is a German feminine noun meaning “kilocalorie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wärmemenge, die nötig ist, um die Temperatur von einem Gramm Wasser (unter bestimmten Bedingungen) um ein…”.

What does Kalorie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininekilocalorie

  2. 2

    femininecalorie

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Wärmemenge, die nötig ist, um die Temperatur von einem Gramm Wasser (unter bestimmten Bedingungen) um ein Grad Celsius zu erhöhen (etwa 4,2 Joule) 2. Wärmemenge, die nötig ist, um die Temperatur von einem Kilogramm Wasser (unter bestimmten Bedingungen) um ein Grad Celsius zu erhöhen (1000 Kalorien_([1]))

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 Kalorie

  • Kalorien plural
  • cal abbreviation
  • Cal abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Kalorie?

  • [kaloˈʁiː]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Kalorie

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Kalorie in German?

Kalorie appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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