kalf

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalf/

Etymology 1

From Dutch kalf.

Noun

kalf (plural kalwers, diminutive kalfie)

1. A calf, young bovine.

Etymology 2

From Dutch kalven.

Verb

kalf (present kalf, present participle kalwende, past participle gekalf)

1. To calve.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑlf/

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• Hyphenation: kalf
• Rhymes: -ɑlf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch calf, from Old Dutch calf, from Proto-West Germanic *kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

kalf n (plural kalveren, diminutive kalfje n)

1. a calf (young cow or bull; young bovine)
2. a calf (young elephant; young deer; young of certain marine mammals)
3. (architecture) a lintel
4. (obsolete, derogatory) a Calvinist [16th–17th c.]
5. (derogatory, Belgium) an idiot, a dimwit

Derived terms

• deurkalf
• hertenkalf
• kalfsvlees
• kalverachtig
• kalverdans
• kalveren (verb)
• kalverkop
• kalverliefde
• mestkalf
• olifantenkalf
• reekalf
• runderkalf
• stierkalf

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kalf
• Jersey Dutch: käälv
• Negerhollands: kalv, kalfi, calluf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kalf

1. inflection of kalven:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Middle English

Noun

kalf

1. alternative form of calf (“calf (young cow)”)

Old Saxon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

kalf n

1. A calf (young bovine).

Declension

kalf (z-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	kalf	kalviru
accusative	kalf	kalviru
genitive	kalves	kalvirō
dative	kalve	kalvirum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Low German: Kalv, Kalf

Swedish

Noun

kalf

1. archaic spelling of kalv