kalle
Central Franconian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German kallen, from Old High German kallōn, northern variant of challōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną. Compare Limburgish kalle, Dutch kallen, English call, Old Norse kalla.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkalə/
- (Kirchröadsj) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.lə/
Verb edit
kalle (third-person singular present kallt or kalt, past tense kallte or kallet, past participle jekallt or jekald)
- (chiefly Ripuarian, including Kirchröadsj) to speak; to talk; to chat
- Mer kalle, wie us de Schnüss jewahßen es.
- We speak the way our mouths have grown (i.e. in our native dialect).
- (Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to call
- (Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to give a name to
Usage notes edit
- The forms kallt, jekallt are Ripuarian; kalt, jekald are exclusively Kirchröadsj.
- The present participle forms are restricted to Kirchröadsj.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”). A relation with the verb kallen (“to chatter”, compare etymology 2 hereunder), claimed in some popular-scientific resources, exists at most through secondary association. Compare German Kalle.
Noun edit
kalle f (plural kalles or kallen, diminutive kalletje n)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
kalle
Elfdalian edit
Noun edit
kalle
Limburgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch callen, from Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kalle
- (widespread variant) to talk, to speak, to chat
- (widespread variant, obsolete) to call
- (widespread variant, obsolete) to give a name to
Conjugation edit
non-finite forms | infinitive | gerund | present participle | past participle | adjective | adverb |
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(tö) kalle | 't kalle n | kallendj | höbbe gekal | gekaldje, gekaldjer, gekaldjes | gekaldj, gekaldjelik | |
number & tense | verb-second order | verb-first order | ||||
present | past | subjunctive | present | past | subjunctive | |
first person singular | kal | kaldje | kalle | kal | kaldje-n | kalle-n |
second person singular | kals | kaldjes | kalle | kals | kaldjes | kaller |
third person singular | kaltj | kaldje | kalle | kaltj'r | kaldje | kaller |
first person plural | kalle | kaldje | kalle | kaltj | kaldje | kalle |
second person plural | kaltj | kaldje | kalle | kaltj | kaldje | kalletj |
third person plural | kalle | kaldje | kalle | kalle | kaldje | kaller |
other forms | noun | imperative singular impolite | imperative singular polite | imperative dual | imperative plural | inclusive |
't gekal n | kal! | kaltj! | kaltj, kalletj! | kaltj! | kallem |
Related terms edit
- Kalle (“conversation”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
kalle (imperative kall, present tense kaller, passive kalles, simple past kalte, past participle kalt, present participle kallende)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kalle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
kalle (present tense kallar, past tense kalla, past participle kalla, passive infinitive kallast, present participle kallande, imperative kalle/kall)
- Alternative form of kalla
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
kalle
West Flemish edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”), whence at any rate German Kalle and Dutch kalle, both “girl, lover, whore”.
Noun edit
kalle f
- despicable or disagreeable person, typically a woman
- stupid person
Synonyms edit
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian verbs
- Ripuarian Franconian
- Kirchröadsj
- Central Franconian terms with usage examples
- Central Franconian terms with obsolete senses
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑlə
- Dutch terms derived from Yiddish
- Dutch terms derived from Hebrew
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Bargoens
- Dutch dated terms
- Dutch slang
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- Elfdalian non-lemma forms
- Elfdalian noun forms
- Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Limburgish terms with homophones
- Rhymes:Limburgish/ɑlə
- Rhymes:Limburgish/ɑlə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Limburgish/alə
- Rhymes:Limburgish/alə/2 syllables
- Limburgish lemmas
- Limburgish verbs
- Limburgish terms with obsolete senses
- Limburgish first conjugation verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish adjective forms
- West Flemish terms derived from Yiddish
- West Flemish terms derived from Hebrew
- West Flemish lemmas
- West Flemish nouns
- West Flemish feminine nouns