kühlen
Meaning
to cool, to refrigerate
Synonyms
Kälte verbreiten
sich abkühlen
kalt werden lassen
herunterkühlen
kalt machen
auskühlen
kaltstellen
kalt werden
Frequency
Hyphenated as
küh‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkyːlən/
Etymology
From Middle High German küelen, from Old High German kuolōn, chuolen, from Proto-Germanic *kōlōną, *kōlēną, related to *kalaną (“to be cold”). Equivalent to kühl + -en. Cognate with Hunsrik kiele, Luxembourgish killen, Dutch koelen, Saterland Frisian köile, English cool (verb), Swedish kyla.
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