verkalken
German, verb
verkalken is spelled V-E-R-K-A-L-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkalken is a German verb meaning “to calcify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkalken is a different word: “gerund of verkalken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(aus dem Wasser) Ablagerungen aus Kalk ansammeln”.
What does verkalken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to calcify
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkalken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (aus dem Wasser) Ablagerungen aus Kalk ansammeln 2. sich durch Ablagerungen, Plaques aus Fett und Kalk, zusetzen/verengen 3. alt und vergesslich werden
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 verkalken
- verkalkt present singular third-person
- verkalkte past
- sein auxiliary
- verkalkend participle present
- verkalke first-person indicative present
- verkalkst indicative present second-person
- verkalkest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkalket plural second-person subjunctive
- verkalkten first-person indicative plural
- verkalktest indicative preterite second-person
- verkalktet indicative plural preterite
- verkalk imperative second-person singular
- bin verkalkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind verkalkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verkalk! imperative singular
- verkalke! imperative singular
- verkalkt! imperative plural
- verkalkt sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verkalken in German?
verkalken appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).