kalt

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Central Franconian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German *kald, northern variant of kalt, chalt. The variation between the stems kalt and kaal is due to the development -ald--āl-, which occurred only in open syllables.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kalt (masculine kaale, feminine kaal, comparative kaaler or kääler or kälder, superlative et kaalste or käälste or kältste)

  1. (most dialects) cold
    Loß’ mer heem john, ich hann kaal Föß.
    Let’s go home, my feet are cold.

Usage notes[edit]

  • The commoner comparation forms were originally kaaler, et kaalste. Today, those with umlaut are preferred due to influence of German kälter, am kältesten.

Cimbrian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • khalt (Luserna, Sette Comuni)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kalt, from Old High German kalt, from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz. Cognate with German kalt, English cold.

Adjective[edit]

kalt

  1. (Tredici Comuni) cold

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑlt

Verb[edit]

kalt

  1. inflection of kallen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

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Faroese[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kalt

  1. neuter nominative/accusative of kaldur

German[edit]

1. kalt

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German and Old High German kalt, from Proto-West Germanic *kald.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kalt (strong nominative masculine singular kalter, comparative kälter, superlative am kältesten)

  1. cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have a low temperature
  2. calm, restrained, passionless
  3. cold, frigid (especially when referring to emotions)
  4. (housing) at cost (without utilities, such as heating, included)

Usage notes[edit]

  • German kalt means “cold”, but not “feeling cold”; therefore the sentence ich bin kalt (literally I am cold) would mean that one’s body has a low temperature, particularly that one’s skin is cold on the outside. The English “I am cold” (that is: I feel cold) is equivalent to German mir ist kalt (literally there is cold to me).

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Adverb[edit]

kalt

  1. (of rent-paying) as base rent; excluding utilities
    Antonym: warm
    Ich zahle 550 € kalt für meine Wohnung.
    I pay €550 base rent for my apartment.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • kalt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kalt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kalt” in Duden online

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (to hit, strike), cognates include Latin clādēs.[1] See the latter for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

kalt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present kaļu, kal, kaļ, past kalu)

  1. to forge
  2. to hammer
  3. to chisel
  4. to coin (money)
  5. to mint (money)
  6. to shoe (a horse)
  7. to peck (of a woodpecker)
  8. to hew

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “kalt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

kalt

  1. past participle of kalle

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *kald, whence also Old Saxon kald, Old English cald, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds).

Adjective[edit]

kalt

  1. cold

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Descendants[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kalt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of kaldr

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German and Old High German kalt. Compare German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold.

Adjective[edit]

kalt (comparative kelder, superlative keltscht)

  1. cold

Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kalt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of kal