Höfðaborg
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From höfði (“cape”) + borg (“city”). Calque of Dutch Kaapstad.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Höfðaborg f (proper noun, genitive singular Höfðaborgar)
- Cape Town (a city, the legislative capital of South Africa)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Höfðaborg (sg-only feminine)
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Höfðaborg |
| accusative | Höfðaborg |
| dative | Höfðaborg |
| genitive | Höfðaborgar |
Categories:
- Icelandic compound terms
- Icelandic terms calqued from Dutch
- Icelandic terms derived from Dutch
- Icelandic 3-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔrk
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Cities in South Africa
- is:National capitals
- is:Places in South Africa