kahl

Bedeutung (English)

  1. bald, hairless
  2. (figuratively) barren, bleak, empty, stark, bland

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/kaːl/
Etymology (English)

In summary

From Middle High German kal (inflected kalwe), from Old High German kalo, chalo, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”). The form kahl (instead of *kalb) is based on the Middle High German uninflected stem. However, the lengthened vowel points to influence by varieties that reduce -lw- to -l- even in open syllables; these include Middle Low German kāl (inflected kāle). See the same development in fahl. Cognate with Dutch kaal, English callow, and further Italian calvo, Russian голый (golyj, “nude”), Persian کل (kal), Romanian chel.

Bookmark this

Improve your pronunciation

Write this word

Deutsch

Start learning Deutsch with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "kahl" and many other words and sentences in Deutsch.

Go to our Deutsch course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes