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 Old High German kalt, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz.

kalt

1. (Thirteen Communities) cold

• “kalt” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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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 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.

• IPA^(key): /kalt/

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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)

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

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
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: kalt

  • Vilamovian: kāłt
  • Yiddish: קאַלט‎ (kalt)

Compare German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold.

kalt (comparative kelder, superlative keltscht)

1. cold