Kafka
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editProper noun
editKafka
- A surname from German.
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editFurther reading
edit- Kafka (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kafka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 265.
Albanian
editNoun
editKafka f pl
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editProper noun
editKafka 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
editDeclension of Kafka [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- English: Kafka
References
edit- “Kafka” in Duden online
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKafka
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.
Declension
editInflection (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
editPolish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKafka m pers
Declension
editDeclension of Kafka
Further reading
edit- Kafka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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