koelen

See also: kölen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch coelen, a merger of two Old Dutch verbs:

• *kuolen (“make cooler”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną.
• *kuolon (“become cooler”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlēn.

Equivalent to koel +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.lə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: koe‧len
• Rhymes: -ulən

Verb

koelen

1. (ergative) to cool

Inflection

Inflection of koelen (weak)
infinitive	koelen
past singular	koelde
past participle	gekoeld
infinitive	koelen
gerund	koelen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	koel	koelde
2nd person sing. (jij)	koelt	koelde
2nd person sing. (u)	koelt	koelde
2nd person sing. (gij)	koelt	koelde
3rd person singular	koelt	koelde
plural	koelen	koelden
subjunctive sing.1	koele	koelde
subjunctive plur.1	koelen	koelden
imperative sing.	koel
imperative plur.1	koelt
participles	koelend	gekoeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• koeler
• koelkast
• afkoelen
• bekoelen
• onderkoelen
• verkoelen

Descendants

• Negerhollands: koel