kahl
German, adjective/kaːl/
kahl is a German adjective meaning “bald, hairless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht behaart”.
What does kahl mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bald, hairless
- 2
barren, bleak, empty, stark, bland
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht behaart 2. nicht belaubt 3. ohne (größere) Vegetation 4. ohne viele Möbel, Dekoration
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kahl
- kahler masculine nominative singular
- am kahlsten superlative
- kahle feminine nominative singular
- kahles neuter nominative singular
- kahlen genitive masculine singular
- kahlem dative masculine singular
- der kahle definite includes-article masculine
- die kahle definite feminine includes-article
- das kahle definite includes-article neuter
- die kahlen definite includes-article nominative
- des kahlen definite genitive includes-article
- der kahlen definite feminine genitive
- dem kahlen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kahl?
- /kaːl/
- [kaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kahl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kahl in German?
kahl appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).