kahl
Meaning
- bald, hairless
- (figuratively) barren, bleak, empty, stark, bland
Concepts
Synonyms
unverhüllt
ohne Haare
schmucklos
zweckbetont
ausgedörrt
glatzert
auf die Funktion reduziert
auf Zweckmäßigkeit getrimmt
weder Baum noch Busch
nicht bewachsen
ohne Vegetation
kein Baum kein Strauch
calvo
chauve
calvo
kaal
careca
φαλακρός
kel
calvus
calbFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaːl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German kal (inflected kalwe), from Old High German kalo, chalo, from Proto-West Germanic *kalu, 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.
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