Polyglot Dictionary

Kaltakquise

/ˈkaltʔakviːzə/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Kaltakquisen

Meaning

  1. cold outreach, cold calling

    Built from Kalt (cold) + Akquise (client acquisition).

    • Kaltakquise gehört zu den schwierigsten Aufgaben im Vertrieb.

      Cold outreach is one of the hardest tasks in sales.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Kalt cold
  • Akquise client acquisition

Practice

1 What does Kaltakquise mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ gehört zu den schwierigsten Aufgaben im Vertrieb.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kaltakquise?

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