kalf

Afrikaans

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kalf/

Etymology 1

From Dutch kalf

Noun

kalf (plural kalwers, diminutive kalfie)

  1. young bovine, calf

Etymology 2

From Dutch kalven

Verb

kalf (present kalf, present participle kalwende, past participle gekalf)

  1. to calve

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑlf/
  • kalf(file)
  • Hyphenation: kalf
  • Rhymes: -ɑlf
  • Rhymes: -ɑlf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch calf, from Old Dutch calf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

kalf n (plural kalveren, diminutive kalfje n)

  1. calf (young cow or bull; young bovine)
  2. calf (young elefant; young deer; young of certain marine mammals)
  3. (obsolete, derogatory) Calvinist [16th - 17th c.]
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kalf

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kalven
  2. imperative of kalven

Middle English

Noun

kalf

  1. Alternative form of calf (“calf (young cow)”)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

kalf n

  1. calf (young bovine)

Declension
Declension of kalf (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative kalf kalviru
accusative kalf kalviru
genitive kalves kalvirō
dative kalve kalvirum
instrumental — —


Descendants
  • Low German: Kalv, Kalf
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