Kaulquappe
German, noun/ˈkaulˌkvapə/
Kaulquappe is spelled K-A-U-L-Q-U-A-P-P-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaulquappe is a German feminine noun meaning “tadpole, polliwog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(im Wasser lebende) Larve der Vertreter der Ordnung Froschlurche (Anura; auch: Salientia) mit äußeren…”.
What does Kaulquappe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetadpole, polliwog
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (im Wasser lebende) Larve der Vertreter der Ordnung Froschlurche (Anura; auch: Salientia) mit äußeren Kiemen-Büschel und einem Ruderschwanz mit Flossensaum, die sich in späteren Entwicklungsstadien wieder zurückbilden
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 Kaulquappe
- Kaulquappen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaulquappe?
- /ˈkaulˌkvapə/
- [ˈkaʊ̯lˌkvapə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kaulquappe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kaulquappe in German?
Kaulquappe appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).