köld

See also: kold and køld

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from the adjective kall, both from Old Norse kaldr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕœld/

Noun

köld c

  1. cold (normally outdoors and intense, like at least below freezing (0°C); also of the sensation)
    Midvinternattens köld är hård
    The cold of [the] midwinter night is harsh
    From the poem Tomten by Viktor Rydberg.
    Han skakade av köld
    He was shaking from the cold [from cold]
    händer blåa av köld
    hands blue from the cold [from cold]
    1. frost (in the sense of freezing weather)
      hård köld
      hard frost
  2. (figuratively) (intense, emotional or the like) coldness
    Synonym: (possibly less intense) kyla

Declension

Declension of köld
nominative genitive
singular indefinite köld kölds
definite kölden köldens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

See also

References

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