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German
Etymology
From hunde- + Kälte. Compare Russian соба́чий хо́лод (sobáčij xólod).
Pronunciation
Noun
Hundekälte f (genitive Hundekälte, no plural)
- (informal) brass monkey weather, freezing cold
1929, Alfred Döblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Fünftes Buch, Olten, Freiburg im Breisgau: Walter Verlag, published 1961, →ISBN:Wiedersehen auf dem Alex, Hundekälte. Nächstes Jahr, 1929, wirds noch kälter […] Eisige Luft. Februar. Die Menschen gehen in Mänteln. Wer einen Pelz hat, trägt ihn, wer keinen hat, trägt keinen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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