kalle
Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German *kallōn, northern variant of challōn. Compare Dutch kallen, English call.
Pronunciation
Verb
kalle (third-person singular present kallt, past participle jekallt)
- (chiefly Ripuarian) to speak; to talk
- Mer kalle, wie us de Schnüss jewahßen es.
- We speak the way our mouths have grown (i.e. in our native dialect).
- Mer kalle, wie us de Schnüss jewahßen es.
Synonyms
- sprääche (now often preferred under standard German influence)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”). A relation with the verb kallen (“to chatter”, compare etymology 2 hereunder), claimed in some popular-scientific resources, exists at most through secondary association. Compare German Kalle.
Noun
kalle f (plural kalles or kallen, diminutive kalletje n)
Etymology 2
Verb
kalle
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch callen, from Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.
Verb
kalle
Conjugation
non-finite forms | infinitive | gerund | present participle | past participle | adjective | adverb |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(tö) kalle | 't kalle n | kallendj | höbbe gekal | gekaldje, gekaldjer, gekaldjes | gekaldj, gekaldjelik | |
number & tense | verb-second order | verb-first order | ||||
present | past | subjunctive | present | past | subjunctive | |
first person singular | kal | kaldje | kalle | kal | kaldje-n | kalle-n |
second person singular | kals | kaldjes | kalle | kals | kaldjes | kaller |
third person singular | kaltj | kaldje | kalle | kaltj'r | kaldje | kaller |
first person plural | kalle | kaldje | kalle | kaltj | kaldje | kalle |
second person plural | kaltj | kaldje | kalle | kaltj | kaldje | kalletj |
third person plural | kalle | kaldje | kalle | kalle | kaldje | kaller |
other forms | noun | imperative singular impolite | imperative singular polite | imperative dual | imperative plural | inclusive |
't gekal n | kal! | kaltj! | kaltj, kalletj! | kaltj! | kallem |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
kalle (imperative kall, present tense kaller, passive kalles, simple past kalte, past participle kalt, present participle kallende)
Derived terms
References
- “kalle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
kalle
- parallel form to kalla
Derived terms
Swedish
Adjective
kalle
West Flemish
Etymology
Probably from Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”), whence at any rate German Kalle and Dutch kalle, both “girl, lover, whore”.
Noun
kalle f
- despicable or disagreeable person, typically a woman
- stupid person
Synonyms
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian verbs
- Ripuarian Franconian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑlə
- Dutch terms derived from Yiddish
- Dutch terms derived from Hebrew
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch dated terms
- Dutch slang
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish lemmas
- Limburgish verbs
- Limburgish first conjugation verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish adjective forms
- West Flemish terms derived from Yiddish
- West Flemish terms derived from Hebrew
- West Flemish lemmas
- West Flemish nouns
- West Flemish feminine nouns