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koud

koud

Afrikaans

Adjective

koud (attributive koue, comparative kouer, superlative koudste)

  1. cold (temperature)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
  • IPA(key): /kɑu̯t/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cout, from Old Dutch *kald, *kold, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-. Compare Low German kold, koolt, West Frisian kâld, German kalt, English cold, Danish kold.

Adjective

koud (comparative kouder, superlative koudst)

  1. cold (temperature)
  2. cold (unfriendly)

Inflection

Inflection of koud
uninflected koud
inflected koude
comparative kouder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial koud kouder het koudst
het koudste
indefinite m./f. sing. koude koudere koudste
n. sing. koud kouder koudste
plural koude koudere koudste
definite koude koudere koudste
partitive kouds kouders

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