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kühlen

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German

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkyːlən/, [ˈkʰyːln]
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  • Hyphenation: küh‧len

Verb

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kühlen (weak, third-person singular present kühlt, past tense kühlte, past participle gekühlt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to cool, to refrigerate
    Ich kühlte den Kopf des Patienten mit Eis.
    I cooled the patient’s head with ice.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kühlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kühlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kühlen” in Duden online
  • kühlen” in OpenThesaurus.de