kölna

See also: kólna

Swedish

Etymology

Previously also spelled kiölna, kjölna, and the noun inflected kölnen, kölner. From Old Swedish kølna, cognate with Danish kølle, English kiln, Old Norse kylna, Old English cyln, from Latin culina (a portable stove). The verb has been used since 1706 (to kindle a fire) and 1873 (to dry malt).

Noun

kölna c

  1. an oast, a kiln; a room or building for drying malt and hop

Declension
Declension of kölna 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kölna kölnan kölnor kölnorna
Genitive kölnas kölnans kölnors kölnornas
  • effektivkölna

Verb

kölna (present kölnar, preterite kölnade, supine kölnat, imperative kölna)

  1. to dry (malt or hop) (in a kiln)
    Malten kölnades över öppen eld
    The malt was dried over an open fire
  2. (dialectal) to light a fire in a fireplace, to kindle a fire

Conjugation
Conjugation of kölna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive kölna kölnas
Present tense kölnar kölnas
Past tense kölnade kölnades
Supine kölnat kölnats
Imperative kölna —
Present participle kölnande
Past participle kölnad

References
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