kalle

See also: Kalle

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German *kallōn, northern variant of challōn. Compare Dutch kallen, English call.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkalə/

Verb

kalle (third-person singular present kallt, past participle jekallt)

  1. (chiefly Ripuarian) to speak; to talk
    Mer kalle, wie us de Schnüss jewahßen es.
    We speak the way our mouths have grown (i.e. in our native dialect).

Synonyms
  • sprääche (now often preferred under standard German influence)

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlə/
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Etymology 1

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

kalle f (plural kalles or kallen, diminutive kalletje n)

  1. (dated slang) girl; lover; whore

Etymology 2

Verb

kalle

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of kallen

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch callen, from Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

Verb

kalle

  1. to call
  2. to give a name to
  3. to talk, to speak, to chat

Conjugation
Montfortian conjugation of kalle (first conjugation)
non-finite forms infinitive gerund present participle past participle adjective adverb
(tö) kalle 't kalle n kallendj höbbe gekal gekaldje, gekaldjer, gekaldjes gekaldj, gekaldjelik
number & tense verb-second verb-first
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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kalla

Verb

kalle (imperative kall, present tense kaller, passive kalles, simple past kalte, past participle kalt, present participle kallende)

  1. to call, name (give a name to)
  2. to call, shout
  3. to call somebody / something (e.g. a dog)

Derived terms
Terms derived from kalle

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kalle

  1. parallel form to kalla

Derived terms

Swedish

Adjective

kalle

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of kall.

West Flemish

Etymology

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

kalle f

  1. despicable or disagreeable person, typically a woman
  2. stupid person

Synonyms
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