kalt

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Central Franconian

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

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

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

kalt

  1. (Tredici Comuni) cold

Further reading


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑlt

Verb

kalt

  1. (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of kallen
  2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of kallen

Anagrams


Faroese

Adjective

kalt

  1. neuter nominative/accusative of kaldur

German

1. kalt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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)

Usage notes

  • 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).

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

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

Further reading

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

Latvian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

Inflection

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kalt

  1. past participle of kalle

Old High German

Etymology

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

Adjective

kalt

  1. cold

Derived terms

Descendants


Old Norse

Adjective

kalt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of kaldr

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Adjective

kalt (comparative kelder, superlative keltscht)

  1. cold