kaltmachen
German, verb[ˈkaltˌmaxn̩]
kaltmachen is spelled K-A-L-T-M-A-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaltmachen is a German verb meaning “to off someone, to duppy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Vorbehalte gewaltsam ums Leben bringen”.
What does kaltmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
slangto off someone, to duppy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ohne Vorbehalte gewaltsam ums Leben bringen
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 kaltmachen
- macht kalt present singular third-person
- machte kalt past
- kaltgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kaltmachend participle present
- kaltzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache kalt first-person indicative present
- machen kalt first-person indicative plural
- machst kalt indicative present second-person
- machest kalt second-person singular subjunctive
- machet kalt plural second-person subjunctive
- machten kalt first-person indicative plural
- machtest kalt indicative preterite second-person
- machtet kalt indicative plural preterite
- mach kalt! imperative singular
- mache kalt! imperative singular
- macht kalt! imperative plural
- kaltgemacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kaltmachen?
- [ˈkaltˌmaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kaltmachen in German?
kaltmachen appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).