kalt
German, adjective/kalt/
kalt is spelled K-A-L-T (4 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kalt is a German adjective meaning “cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have a low temperature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine niedrige Temperatur habend; von/mit niedriger Temperatur; nicht (mehr) heiß”.
What does kalt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have a low temperature
- 2
calm, restrained, passionless
- 3
cold, frigid (especially when referring to emotions)
- 4
at cost (without utilities, such as heating, included)
adverb
- 1
as base rent; excluding utilities
Ich zahle 550 € kalt für meine Wohnung.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine niedrige Temperatur habend; von/mit niedriger Temperatur; nicht (mehr) heiß 2. kein Mitgefühl habend oder zeigend 3. ungemütlich 4. ohne die Heizkosten (die dann oft unmittelbar an den [Gas- oder Fernwärme-]Versorger zu zahlen sind; die Angabe ist doppeldeutig: entweder einschließlich der übrigen Betriebskosten oder allein die Grundmiete)
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 kalt
- kalter masculine nominative singular
- kälter comparative
- am kältesten superlative
- kalte feminine nominative singular
- kaltes neuter nominative singular
- kalten genitive masculine singular
- kaltem dative masculine singular
- der kalte definite includes-article masculine
- die kalte definite feminine includes-article
- das kalte definite includes-article neuter
- die kalten definite includes-article nominative
- des kalten definite genitive includes-article
- der kalten definite feminine genitive
- dem kalten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kalt?
- /kalt/
- [kalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kalt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kalt in German?
kalt appears 36 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).