kål
Danish
Alternative forms
- Kaal
Etymology
From Old Danish kaal, from Old Norse kál.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔːl/
- Rhymes: -ɔːl
Noun
kål c (singular definite kålen, plural indefinite kål)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kål | kålen | kål | kålene |
| genitive | kåls | kålens | kåls | kålenes |
References
- “kål” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koːɽ/, /koːl/
- Rhymes: -oːɽ, -oːl
Noun
kål m (definite singular kålen, uncountable)
- cabbage (Brassica oleracea family)
Derived terms
References
- “kål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse kál n. Ultimately from Latin caulis.
Pronunciation
Noun
kål m (definite singular kålen, indefinite plural kålar, definite plural kålane)
- (usually collective, uncountable) cabbage (Brassica oleracea family)
- (uncountable) soup made from cabbage
Usage notes
- Was considered grammatically neuter until the 1959 spelling reform.
Derived terms
References
- “kål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “kål”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “Kaal” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koːl/
- Rhymes: -oːl
- Homophone: kol (in standard language and most dialects)
Noun
kål c (uncountable)
- cabbage; edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea; more generally any plant in the genus Brassica
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kål | kåls |
| definite | kålen | kålens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
References
- kål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kål in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)