kovalent
German, adjective[ˈkoːvalɛnt]
kovalent is spelled K-O-V-A-L-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kovalent is a German adjective meaning “covalent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “beschreibt einen Typus von chemischer Bindung zwischen Atomen (gemeinsam genutzte, an der Bindung zweier…”.
What does kovalent mean in English?
adjective
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covalent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. beschreibt einen Typus von chemischer Bindung zwischen Atomen (gemeinsam genutzte, an der Bindung zweier Atome beteiligte Elektronenpaare auf der äußersten Schale (Valenzelektronen))
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 kovalent
- kovalenter masculine nominative singular
- kovalente feminine nominative singular
- kovalentes neuter nominative singular
- kovalenten genitive masculine singular
- kovalentem dative masculine singular
- der kovalente definite includes-article masculine
- die kovalente definite feminine includes-article
- das kovalente definite includes-article neuter
- die kovalenten definite includes-article nominative
- des kovalenten definite genitive includes-article
- der kovalenten definite feminine genitive
- dem kovalenten dative definite includes-article
- den kovalenten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kovalent?
- [ˈkoːvalɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kovalent in German?
kovalent appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).