København

Danish

Alternative forms

• KBH (initialism)
• Kjøbenhavn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

København

1. Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)

Descendants

• 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

Norwegian Bokmål

The Caritas Well (also known as the Caritas Fountain) during the evening in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Alternative forms

• Kjøpenhavn (inherited form)
• Kjøben

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Proper noun

København

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• københavner
• københavnerinne
• københavnsk

 

References

• “København” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Kaupenhamn, Kjøpenhamn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

København ?

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

Derived terms

• københavnsk