Kafka
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
Kafka
- A surname from German.
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Further reading edit
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 edit
Noun edit
Kafka f pl
German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
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 edit
Declension of Kafka [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: Kafka
References edit
- “Kafka” in Duden online
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kafka
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.
Declension edit
| 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 edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kafka m pers
Declension edit
Declension of Kafka
Further reading edit
- Kafka in Polish dictionaries at PWN