Kaltzeit
German, noun/ˈkaltˌt͡saɪ̯t/
Kaltzeit is spelled K-A-L-T-Z-E-I-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaltzeit is a German feminine noun meaning “glacial (glacial period)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erdgeschichtliche Periode mit kaltem Klima”.
What does Kaltzeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineglacial (glacial period)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erdgeschichtliche Periode mit kaltem Klima
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 Kaltzeit
- Kaltzeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaltzeit?
- /ˈkaltˌt͡saɪ̯t/
- [ˈkaltˌt͡saɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kaltzeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kaltzeit in German?
Kaltzeit appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).