Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kål

death, cabbage/koːl/

Meaning

death; cabbage

In Swedish: grönsaken Brassica oleracea

Forms

Forms of kål
Singular, indefiniteen kål
Singular, definitekålen

kål is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor kål, den stora kålen. Check another noun

Practise kål

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Is it en kål or ett kål?

Expressions

  • ta kål på
    be the death of

Words built with kål

  • kålhuvud head of cabbage
  • blomkål cauliflower

Questions

What does kål mean in English?

kål means “death, cabbage”.

Is it en kål or ett kål?

It is en kål, and “the death” is kålen.

Origin

From Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cawel, caul, cāl, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l or *kowos.

Nearby common words

kål is number 4,045 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary