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calorie
A unit of measurement for energy, used mainly in connection with nutrition to indicate the energy content of foods and drinks. In general usage, it usually means the kilocalorie (kcal).
Ein Apfel hat ungefähr 95 Kalorien.
An apple has about 95 calories.
calorie
In physics, an outdated unit for heat energy, defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. Today, the unit joule is usually used.
Eine Kalorie entspricht etwa 4,184 Joule.
One calorie is equal to about 4.184 joules.
The word stem 'kalorien-' is often used to form compound adjectives. The most important ones are 'kalorienarm' (low in calories) and 'kalorienreich' (high in calories).
Joghurt ist ein kalorienarmes Frühstück.
Yogurt is a low-calorie breakfast.
In everyday language, 'Kalorie' (calorie) almost always means 'Kilokalorie' (kilocalorie, kcal). If a food package says '100 Kalorien' (100 calories), scientifically speaking it means 100 kilocalories.
Diese Pizza hat über 1000 Kalorien!
This pizza has over 1000 calories!
In connection with nutrition, the verbs 'Kalorien zählen' (to count calories) and 'Kalorien verbrennen' (to burn calories, to use energy through movement) are often used.
Beim Joggen verbrennt man viele Kalorien.
You burn a lot of calories when jogging.
You can recognize the original physical meaning from the context. If it is about 'Wärmeenergie' (heat energy), 'Wasser erwärmen' (heating water), or the unit 'Joule' (joule), the outdated physical unit is meant.
Der Lehrer erklärte, wie man Kalorien in Joule umrechnet.
The teacher explained how to convert calories into joules.
