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kühl

Meaning

  1. cool (of temperature)
  2. calm, restrained, passionless
  3. cool, frigid (especially of the emotions)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

freschtelig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

frisch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kaltlächt

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kiel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kiellächt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kyːl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German küele, Old High German kuoli, from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōluz, *kōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel-. Cognate with Dutch koel, English cool. Doublet of cool.

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