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”.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæfkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑfkɑ/, /ˈkɑfkə/
• Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka

Proper noun

Kafka

1. A surname from German.
2. Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

Derived terms

• Kafkaesque
• Kafkaish
• Kafkaism
• Kafkan
• Kafkatrap
• Kafkian

 

Translations

surname

• Armenian: Կաֆկա (Kafka)
• Bulgarian: Ка́фка m or f (Káfka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡夫卡 (zh) (Kǎfūkǎ)

• Russian: Ка́фка (ru) (Káfka)

Further reading

• 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

Noun

Kafka f pl

1. plural of kafkë

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkafka]

Proper noun

Kafka m anim (female equivalent Kafková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kafka (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kafka	Kafkové
genitive	Kafky	Kafků
dative	Kafkovi	Kafkům
accusative	Kafku	Kafky
vocative	Kafko	Kafkové
locative	Kafkovi	Kafcích
instrumental	Kafkou	Kafky

Further reading

• “Kafka”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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/

• Audio:

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• 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)

1. a surname, most notably of Franz Kafka

Declension

Declension of Kafka [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kafka
genitive	eines	des	Kafkas
dative	einem	dem	Kafka
accusative	einen	den	Kafka

Derived terms

• kafkaesk

Descendants

• English: Kafka

References

• “Kafka” in Duden online

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒfkɒ]
• Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka
• Homophone: Kaffka (Margit Kaffka)
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Kafka

1. Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

Declension

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

• kafkai

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kafka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ka/
• Rhymes: -afka
• Syllabification: Kaf‧ka

Proper noun

Kafka m pers

1. Franz Kafka

Declension

Declension of Kafka

	singular
nominative	Kafka
genitive	Kafki
dative	Kafce
accusative	Kafkę
instrumental	Kafką
locative	Kafce
vocative	Kafko

Further reading

• Kafka in Polish dictionaries at PWN