kalt

== 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 === IPA(key): /kalt/ === Adjective === kalt (masculine kaale, feminine kaal, comparative kaaler or kääler or kälder, superlative et kaalste or käälste or kältste) (most dialects) 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. ==== Inflection ==== == Cimbrian == === Alternative forms === khalt (Luserna, Sette Comuni) === 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 (Tredici Comuni) cold === Further reading === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑlt === Verb === kalt inflection of kallen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative === Anagrams === talk == Faroese == === Adjective === kalt neuter nominative/accusative of kaldur == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German and Old High German kalt, from Proto-West Germanic *kald. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kalt/ === Adjective === kalt (strong nominative masculine singular kalter, comparative kälter, superlative am kältesten) cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have a low temperature calm, restrained, passionless cold, frigid (especially when referring to emotions) (housing) at cost (without utilities, such as heating, included) ==== 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 “[to] me [it]'s cold”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== warm, heiß (objects, weather etc.) freundlich, passioniert (emotions) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Kälte f === Adverb === kalt (of rent-paying) as base rent; excluding utilities Antonym: warm ==== Derived terms ==== Kaltmiete === Further reading === “kalt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “kalt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “kalt” in Duden online == Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to hit, strike”), cognates include Latin clādēs. See the latter for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkālt] === Verb === kal̃t (transitive, 1st conjugation, present kaļu, kal, kaļ, past kalu) to forge to hammer to chisel to coin (money) to mint (money) to shoe (a horse) to peck (of a woodpecker) to hew ==== Conjugation ==== === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === kalt 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 cold ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kaltī ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: kalt Alemannic German: chalt Walser: chalt, choalt, cholt, chélte Bavarian: ckolt, kholt, kòlt, koid, kålt (Southern Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol), ckolt (Timau), kholt (Sauris), kòlt (Sappada) Cimbrian: kalt, khalt (Luserna, Sette Comuni) Mòcheno: khòlt, kòlt Central Franconian: kalt (inflected kaal) Luxembourgish: kal German: kalt Pennsylvania German: kalt Vilamovian: kāłt Yiddish: קאַלט (kalt) == Old Norse == === Adjective === kalt 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) cold == Swedish == === Adjective === kalt indefinite neuter singular of kal