kål

See also: kal, kaal, kál, kaļ, ką̊l, and -kál

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish kaal, from Old Norse kál.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

kål c (singular definite kålen, plural indefinite kål)

  1. cabbage, kale

Inflection

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kál n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːɽ/, /koːl/
  • Rhymes: -oːɽ, -oːl

Noun

kål m (definite singular kålen, uncountable)

  1. cabbage (Brassica oleracea family)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kál n. Ultimately from Latin caulis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːl/, (thick l) /koːɽ/
  • Homophone: kol

Noun

kål m (definite singular kålen, indefinite plural kålar, definite plural kålane)

  1. (usually collective, uncountable) cabbage (Brassica oleracea family)
  2. (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

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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

Noun

kål c (uncountable)

  1. cabbage; edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea; more generally any plant in the genus Brassica

Declension

Declension of kål 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative kål kålen
Genitive kåls kålens

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