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koud
koud
Afrikaans
Adjective
koud (attributive koue, comparative kouer, superlative koudste)
- cold (temperature)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
- IPA(key): /kɑu̯t/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cout, from Old Dutch *kald, *kold, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-. Compare Low German kold, koolt, West Frisian kâld, German kalt, English cold, Danish kold.
Adjective
koud (comparative kouder, superlative koudst)
Inflection
| Inflection of koud | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | koud | |||
| inflected | koude | |||
| comparative | kouder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | koud | kouder | het koudst het koudste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | koude | koudere | koudste |
| n. sing. | koud | kouder | koudste | |
| plural | koude | koudere | koudste | |
| definite | koude | koudere | koudste | |
| partitive | kouds | kouders | — | |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: koud