kalf

• IPA^(key): /kalf/

From Dutch kalf.

kalf (plural kalwers, diminutive kalfie)

1. A calf, young bovine.

From Dutch kalven.

kalf (present kalf, present participle kalwende, past participle gekalf)

1. To calve.

• IPA^(key): /kɑlf/

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• Hyphenation: kalf
• Rhymes: -ɑlf

From Middle Dutch calf, from Old Dutch calf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

kalf n (plural kalveren, diminutive kalfje n)

1. a calf (young cow or bull; young bovine)
2. a calf (young elephant; young deer; young of certain marine mammals)
3. (architecture) a lintel
4. (obsolete, derogatory) a Calvinist [16th–17th c.]

• Afrikaans: kalf
• Jersey Dutch: käälv
• Negerhollands: kalv, kalfi, calluf

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kalf

1. inflection of kalven:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

kalf

1. alternative form of calf (“calf (young cow)”)

From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

kalf n

1. A calf (young bovine).

• Low German: Kalv, Kalf

kalf

1. obsolete spelling of kalv