Kalbfleisch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kalbfleisch.

Proper noun

Kalbfleisch (plural Kalbfleisches)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kalbfleisch is the 35489^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Kalbfleisch is most common among White (93.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kalbfleisch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 266.

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German

Etymology

Kalb +‎ Fleisch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalpˌflaɪ̯ʃ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Kalb‧fleisch

Noun

Kalbfleisch n (strong, genitive Kalbfleisches or Kalbfleischs, no plural)

1. veal

Declension

Declension of Kalbfleisch [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kalbfleisch
genitive	eines	des	Kalbfleisches, Kalbfleischs
dative	einem	dem	Kalbfleisch, Kalbfleische1
accusative	ein	das	Kalbfleisch

¹Now rare, see notes.

Coordinate terms

• Lammfleisch, Rindfleisch, Schweinefleisch

Further reading

• “Kalbfleisch” in Duden online