Kafka

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English

Etymology

From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (jackdaw), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the imitative Proto-Slavic *kavъka.

Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæfkə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑfkɑ/, /ˈkɑfkə/
  • Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka

Proper noun

Kafka

  1. A surname from German.
  2. Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

Derived terms

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Further reading

Albanian

Noun

Kafka f pl

  1. plural of kafkë

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kafka m anim (female equivalent Kafková)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Kafka”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

From Czech German Kavka (jackdaw), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the imitative Proto-Slavic *kavъka. Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkafka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka

Proper noun

Kafka m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kafkas or (with an article) Kafka, feminine genitive Kafka, plural Kafkas)

  1. a surname, most notably of Franz Kafka

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Kafka

References

  • Kafka” in Duden online

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kafka

  1. Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Kafka
accusative Kafkát
dative Kafkának
instrumental Kafkával
causal-final Kafkáért
translative Kafkává
terminative Kafkáig
essive-formal Kafkaként
essive-modal
inessive Kafkában
superessive Kafkán
adessive Kafkánál
illative Kafkába
sublative Kafkára
allative Kafkához
elative Kafkából
delative Kafkáról
ablative Kafkától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Kafkáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Kafkáéi
Possessive forms of Kafka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Kafkám
2nd person sing. Kafkád
3rd person sing. Kafkája
1st person plural Kafkánk
2nd person plural Kafkátok
3rd person plural Kafkájuk

Derived terms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kafka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaf.ka/
  • Rhymes: -afka
  • Syllabification: Kaf‧ka

Proper noun

Kafka m pers

  1. Franz Kafka

Declension

Further reading

  • Kafka in Polish dictionaries at PWN