kühlen

Meaning

to cool, to refrigerate

Concepts

cool

refrigerate

chill

cool down

anneal

dampen

let cool

spoil

throw a damper on

freeze

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.