kölna

See also: kólna

Swedish

Etymology

Previously also spelled kiölna, kjölna, and the noun inflected kölnen, kölner. From Old Swedish kølna, cognate with Danish kølle, English kiln, Old Norse kylna, Old English cyln, from Latin culina (a portable stove). The verb has been used since 1706 (to kindle a fire) and 1873 (to dry malt).

Noun

kölna c

an oast, a kiln; a room or building for drying malt and hop

Declension

Declension of kölna
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kölna	kölnan	kölnor	kölnorna
Genitive	kölnas	kölnans	kölnors	kölnornas

Related terms

effektivkölna

Verb

kölna (present kölnar, preterite kölnade, supine kölnat, imperative kölna)

to dry (malt or hop) (in a kiln)
Malten kölnades över öppen eld
The malt was dried over an open fire
(dialect) to light a fire in a fireplace, to kindle a fire

Conjugation

Conjugation of kölna (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	kölna	kölnas
Present tense	kölnar	kölnas
Past tense	kölnade	kölnades
Supine	kölnat	kölnats
Imperative	kölna	—
Present participle	kölnande
Past participle	kölnad

References

kölna in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
kölna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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