German edit

Etymology edit

Widespread dialectal form, from ver- +‎ kühl +‎ -en. Compare Low German verköhlen, Yiddish פֿאַרקילן (farkiln).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈkyːlən/, /fɐ-/, [-ˈkyːlən], [-ˈkyːl̩n]
  • (file)

Verb edit

verkühlen (weak, third-person singular present verkühlt, past tense verkühlte, past participle verkühlt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive, informal, possibly regional) to catch a cold
    Synonym: erkälten

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