Noun
die Kalorie
calorie
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plural Kalorien
Meanings
Noun
- calorie
- kilocalorie
Example sentence
Wasser hat keine Kalorien.
Water has no calories.
Word forms
singular
die Kalorie
plural
die Kalorien
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Kalorie
Accusativedie Kalorie
Dativeder Kalorie
Genitiveder Kalorie
Plural
Nominativedie Kalorien
Accusativedie Kalorien
Dativeden Kalorien
Genitiveder Kalorien
Usage
- Kalorien zählen — count calories; common everyday expression
- Kalorie / Kilokalorie — strictly, 1 kilocalorie is 1,000 calories; food labels use kcal
Im Unterricht rechneten wir Kilokalorien in Kalorien um.
In class, we converted kilocalories into calories.