Kafka
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”.
Proper noun
Kafka
- A surname from German.
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.
Translations
surname
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Further reading
- Kafka (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kafka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 265.
Albanian
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/
(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)
- a surname, most notably of Franz Kafka
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: Kafka
References
- “Kafka” in Duden online
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒfkɒ]
- Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka
- Homophone: Kaffka (Margit Kaffka)
- Rhymes: -kɒ
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
- kafkai
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaf.ka/
- Rhymes: -afka
- Syllabification: Kaf‧ka
Declension
Declension of Kafka
singular | |
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nominative | Kafka |
genitive | Kafki |
dative | Kafce |
accusative | Kafkę |
instrumental | Kafką |
locative | Kafce |
vocative | Kafko |
Further reading
- Kafka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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