Kalk

Borrowed from Dutch and German Kalk.

Kalk (plural Kalks)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kalk is the 38582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Kalk is most common among White (91.1%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kalk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267.

From Middle High German kalc, from Old High German calc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk.

• IPA^(key): /kalk/
• Rhymes: -alk

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Kalk m (strong, genitive Kalkes or Kalks, plural Kalke)

1. lime (general term for inorganic materials containing calcium)
2. limescale, scale (calcium deposit)

   Synonym: Kalkablagerung

3. (geology) chalk
4. limestone (calcium rock)

   Synonym: Kalkstein

• kalken
• entkalken
• verkalken
• Löschkalk
• Ätzkalk

• → Kashubian: kalk

• “Kalk” in Duden online
• “Kalk” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache