Swedish

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Etymology

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is (ice) +‎ kall (cold)

Adjective

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iskall (comparative iskallare, superlative iskallast)

  1. ice cold, freezing cold (very cold, though not necessarily below freezing)
    iskall Jägermeister
    ice-cold Jägermeister
    Det är iskallt ute
    It's freezing cold outside
  2. ice-cold, distant or coolheaded

Declension

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Inflection of iskall
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular iskall iskallare iskallast
neuter singular iskallt iskallare iskallast
plural iskalla iskallare iskallast
masculine plural2 iskalle iskallare iskallast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 iskalle iskallare iskallaste
all iskalla iskallare iskallaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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