kål

See also: kal, kaal, kál, kaļ, ką̊l, and -kál

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish kaal, from Old Norse kál.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

kål c (singular definite kålen, plural indefinite kål)

1. cabbage, kale

Inflection

Declension of kål

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kål	kålen	kål	kålene
genitive	kåls	kålens	kåls	kålenes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kál

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːɽ/, /koːl/
• Rhymes: -oːɽ, -oːl

Noun

kål m (definite singular kålen)

1. cabbage (Brassica oleracea family)

Derived terms

• grønnkål
• kålrot
• rosenkål

References

• “kål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kál

Noun

kål m (definite singular kålen)

1. cabbage (Brassica oleracea family)

Derived terms

• grønkål
• kålrot
• rosenkål

References

• “kål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cawel, caul, cāl, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l or *kowos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːl/
• Homophone: kol

Noun

kål c (uncountable)

1. cabbage; edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea; more generally any plant in the genus Brassica

Declension

Declension of kål
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kål	kålen	—	—
Genitive	kåls	kålens	—	—

Derived terms

Derived terms

• blomkål
• brunkål
• brysselkål
• fänkål
• grönkål
• kirskål
• kåldolme
• kålhuvud

• kålrabbi
• kålrot
• kålsoppa
• långkål
• rödkål
• vitkål

Anagrams

• klå