København

• KBH (initialism)
• Kjøbenhavn

From Old Danish Køpmannæhafn, equivalent to modern Danish købmænds havn (“chapmen's haven, merchants' harbor”). Compare Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.

• IPA^(key): /købənˈhɑwˀn/, [kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑwˀn], Jutlandic (used derogatorily) IPA^(key): [tɕœwnˈhɑwˀn],

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København

1. Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)

• Norwegian Bokmål: Køpenhavn, Kjøpenhavn
• → Icelandic: Kaupinhafn, Köben
• → Faroese: Keypinhavn
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjøpenhamn, Kaupenhamn
• → Old Swedish: *Kø̄pmanhafn, *Kø̄pmanhamn
  • → Swedish: Köpenhamn
• → Low German: Kopenhagen
  • → German: Kopenhagen
  • → English: Copenhagen
  • → French: Copenhague
    • → Romanian: Copenhaga
  • → Italian: Copenaghen
  • → Russian: Копенгаген (Kopengagen)
  • → Spanish: Copenhague

• Kjøpenhavn (inherited form)
• Kjøben

From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”), literally meaning "merchants' port". Largely replaced the inherited form Kjøpenhavn.

• IPA^(key): /çøːbn̩ˈhaʋn/, /çøːpn̩ˈhaʋn/

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• Rhymes: -aʋn
• Hyphenation: Kø‧ben‧havn

København

1. Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)

The former county is also referred to by its full name Københavns amt (Copenhagen's amt).

• “København” in Store norske leksikon

• Kaupenhamn, Kjøpenhamn

From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”, literally “chapmen’s haven”), equivalent to Old Norse Kaupmannahǫfn. Compare Faroese Keypmannahavn and Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.

• IPA^(key): /çøːbənˈhavn/, /çøːpənˈhavn/

København ?

1. Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)

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