Swedish adjective · noun· top 1,000 most common

kall

cool, cold/kalː/

kall as an adjective

Meaning

cool; cold

In Swedish: som har låg temperatur

Forms

Forms of kall
Basic form	kall	with en-words
Neuter	kallt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	kalla	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	kallare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	kallast	“-est”, “most …”

kall as a noun(ett kall)

Meaning

calling, vocation

In Swedish: livsuppgift

Forms

Forms of kall
Singular, indefinite	ett kall
Singular, definite	kallet
Plural, indefinite	kall
Plural, definite	kallen

kall is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort kall, det stora kallet. Check another noun

Practise kall

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What does kall mean?

kall in a sentence

det är kallt ute
it is cold outside
med kall beräkning
in a coldly calculated manner
kallt vatten
cold water
han såg sitt arbete som läkare som ett kall
he considered his job as a doctor his calling

Expressions

vinka med/visa kalla handen
give sby the cold shoulder
hålla huvudet kallt
keep a cool head
det kalla kriget
Cold War

Questions

What does kall mean in English?

kall means “cool, cold”.

Is it en kall or ett kall?

It is ett kall, and “the calling” is kallet.

What is the plural of kall?

kall doesn't change in the plural: ett kall, två kall (definite: kallen).

Similar words

missionkylighjärtlösokänsligkänslolös

Origin

From Old Swedish kalder, kaller, from Old Norse kaldr, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Nearby common words

kall is number 915 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

911färdig ready, finished
912steg rose
913cool cool
914falla fall
916vita egg white
917hinna reach, advance
918skål bowl, basin
919armé army

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