kalkulieren

to calculate

verb kal-koo-LEE-ren Rare

Origin: from Latin 'calculare'

Also means

to estimate costs

Usage Note

kalkulieren in business contexts means to work out prices, costs, or profitability: den Preis kalkulieren. It implies deliberate financial planning, e.g. knapp kalkulieren = to budget tightly.

Examples

"Wir müssen das Projekt sorgfältig kalkulieren."

Natural Translation

We need to calculate the project carefully.

Literal Translation

We must the project carefully calculate.

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