Kalorie

See also: kalorie

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French calorie, from Latin calor.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Kalorie f (genitive Kalorie, plural Kalorien)

1. (colloquial) kilocalorie
2. calorie

Usage notes

In everyday speech, when referring to the energy of food, the word exclusively refers to kilocalories. Proper usage is usually restricted to physics.

Declension

Declension of Kalorie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kalorie	die	Kalorien
genitive	einer	der	Kalorie	der	Kalorien
dative	einer	der	Kalorie	den	Kalorien
accusative	eine	die	Kalorie	die	Kalorien

See also

• Joule

Further reading

• “Kalorie” in Duden online