Kreide
German, noun/ˈkʁaɪ̯də/
Kreide is spelled K-R-E-I-D-E (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kreide is a German feminine noun meaning “a chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weicher, weißer Kalkstein (Hauptbestandteil Kalziumkarbonat)”.
What does Kreide mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weicher, weißer Kalkstein (Hauptbestandteil Kalziumkarbonat) 2. ein Stück (meist gemahlene und gepresste) Kreide^([1]) zum Malen, Schreiben und Zeichnen 3. einer Kreide^([2]) ähnelnder Schreib- und Malstift aus anderem Material 4. das Erdzeitalter von 145 bis 62 Millionen Jahren, in dem die Kreide^([1]) entstand und an dessen Ende die Dinosaurier ausstarben; ihm ging der Jura voraus und es folgte ihm das Tertiär
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 Kreide
- Kreiden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kreide?
- /ˈkʁaɪ̯də/
- [ˈkʁaɪ̯də]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kreide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kreide in German?
Kreide appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).