No. 4,471 in German
kühlen
"To cool."
In a sentence
Ich möchte das Getränk kühlen, bevor wir es servieren.
I want to cool the drink before we serve it.
In this sentence, 'kühlen' refers to the action of lowering the temperature of the drink to make it colder.
Um sich abzukühlen, ging sie eine Runde spazieren.
To cool off, she went for a walk.
Here, 'abzukühlen' uses the root 'kühlen' in the reflexive form to describe a person cooling themselves down, figuratively by relaxing.
Die Klimaanlage hilft, das Büro während des Sommers zu kühlen.
The air conditioning helps to cool the office during the summer.
This sentence shows 'kühlen' used to describe temperature regulation performed by a device (air conditioning system) for a room or area.
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