kühlen

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Meaning

to cool, to refrigerate

Concepts

refrigerate

let cool

throw a damper on

Synonyms

Kälte verbreiten

sich abkühlen

kalt werden lassen

herunterkühlen

kalt machen

auskühlen

kaltstellen

kalt werden

Frequency

C2
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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