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Etymology

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Compound of steen (stone) +‎ koud (cold).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /steːnˈkɑu̯t/
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  • Hyphenation: steen‧koud

Adjective

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steenkoud (not comparable)

  1. ice-cold, very cold
    Synonyms: ijskoud, doodkoud
    De wind waaide hard en het was steenkoud buiten.
    The wind was blowing hard, and it was freezing cold outside.

Declension

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Declension of steenkoud
uninflected steenkoud
inflected steenkoude
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial steenkoud
indefinite m./f. sing. steenkoude
n. sing. steenkoud
plural steenkoude
definite steenkoude
partitive steenkouds
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