kalt

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.

• IPA^(key): /kalt/

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.

• The commoner comparation forms were originally kaaler, et kaalste. Today, those with umlaut are preferred due to influence of German kälter, am kältesten.

• khalt (Luserna, Sette Comuni)

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.

kalt

1. (Tredici Comuni) cold

• 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

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• Rhymes: -ɑlt

kalt

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

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kalt

1. neuter nominative/accusative of kaldur

From Middle High German and Old High German kalt, from Proto-West Germanic *kald.

• IPA^(key): /kalt/, [kʰaltʰ]

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kalt (strong nominative masculine singular kalter, 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)

• 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”).

• warm, heiß (objects, weather etc.)
• freundlich, passioniert (emotions)

• Kälte f

kalt

1. (of rent-paying) as base rent; excluding utilities

   Antonym: warm

   Ich zahle 550 € kalt für meine Wohnung.

   I pay €550 base rent for my apartment.

• Kaltmiete

• “kalt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “kalt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “kalt” in Duden online

From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to hit, strike”), cognates include Latin clādēs.[1] See the latter for more.

• IPA^(key): [kālt]

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

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

kalt

1. past participle of kalle

From Proto-West Germanic *kald, whence also Old Saxon kald, Old English cald, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds).

kalt

1. cold

• kaltī

• Middle High German: kalt
  • Alemannic German: chalt

    Walser: chalt, choalt, cholt, chélte

  • Bavarian: ckolt, kholt, kòlt, koid

    Cimbrian: kalt, khalt

    Mòcheno: khòlt, kòlt

  • Central Franconian: kalt
  • German: kalt
  • Luxembourgish: kal
  • Pennsylvania German: kalt
  • Vilamovian: kāłt
  • Yiddish: קאַלט‎ (kalt)

kalt

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of kaldr

From Middle High German and Old High German kalt. Compare German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold.

kalt (comparative kelder, superlative keltscht)

1. cold