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kühlen.

to cool, to refrigerate

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkyːlən/[ˈkʰyːln]
  1. to cool, to refrigerate

    weak
    Ich kühlte den Kopf des Patienten mit Eis.
Where this word comes from

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.

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