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kalt

kalt

Central Franconian

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.

Dutch

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Verb

kalt

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

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Faroese

Adjective

kalt

  1. neuter nominative or accusative of kaldur

German

Etymology

From Old High German kalt, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-. Cognate to Low German kold, koolt, Dutch koud, English cold, Danish kold, Swedish kall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalt/, [kalt]

Adjective

kalt (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).

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Latvian

Verb

kalt tr., 1st conj., pres. kaļu, kal, kaļ, past kalu

  1. to forge
  2. to hammer
  3. to chisel
  4. to coin (about money)
  5. to mint (about money)
  6. to shoe (about horse)
  7. to peck (about woodpecker)
  8. to hew

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kalt

  1. past participle of kalle

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, whence also Old Saxon kald, Old English cald, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Adjective

kalt

  1. cold

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