Polyglot Dictionary

Kalkül

/kalˈkyːl/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Kalküle

Meaning

  1. calculation

    • Seine Entscheidung war reines Kalkül.

      His decision was pure calculation.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Berechnung

Berechnung is the standard word for a calculation (and, about a person, can mean cold, calculating scheming); Kalkül is more abstract and strategic, like a "politisches Kalkül."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cálculo

cálculo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "calculation."

Portuguese

cálculo

cálculo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "calculation."

Practice

1 What does Kalkül mean?

2 Fill the gap: Seine Entscheidung war reines ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kalkül?

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