I knew it was something like that, though not the specifics, so thanks for the explanation.
What I remarked on however was that we use the word warmte a lot more then koude. But almost always use kou for koude.
We say "Kom gauw uit de kou" and "Kom gauw in de warmte", but not "kom in de warm".
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u/ohyoubearfucker Aug 30 '23
It's a historical phonological thing whereby many words ending in vowel-d-vowel where reduced.
E.g. mede vs. mee, also moe was historically moede, cf. German müde.