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Kühle

German, noun

Kühle is spelled K-Ü-H-L-E (5 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kühle is a German feminine noun meaning “coolness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Kuhle is a different word: “hollow (lowered area on a surface)”. In lower case, kühle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand, nur relativ niedrige Temperatur aufzuweisen/kühl zu sein”.

What does Kühle mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecoolness

noun

as Kuhle
  1. 1

    femininehollow (lowered area on a surface)

  2. 2

    femininehollow, depression

adjective

as kühle
  1. 1

    femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

  2. 2

    strong nominative/accusative plural

  3. 3

    weak nominative all-gender singular

  4. 4

    feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular

verb

as kühle
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    singular imperative

  3. 3

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine kleine Vertiefung 2. windgeschützter, trockener Ruhe- beziehungsweise Schlafplatz von Wild

noun: 1. Ration Brot, von der Größe, wie sie im Gefängnis üblich war

noun: 1. Zustand, nur relativ niedrige Temperatur aufzuweisen/kühl zu sein 2. kühle/distanzierte Art oder Haltung

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 Kühle

  • Kuhlen plural
  • Kule alternative
  • Kaule alternative dated

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Kühle

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Kühle in German?

Kühle appears 4.6 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).

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