Karlshafen

German

Alternative forms

• Carlshaven, Carlshafen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Karl (“Carl, Charles”) +‎ -s- +‎ Hafen (“harbor”), named after Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaʁlsˈhaːfn̩]
• Hyphenation: Karls‧ha‧fen

Proper noun

Karlshafen n (proper noun, genitive Karlshafens or (optionally with an article) Karlshafen)

1. (historical, till 1977) Bad Karlshafen, a thermal salt spa town in northern Hesse, Germany.

Declension

Declension of Karlshafen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Karlshafen
genitive	des	Karlshafens, Karlshafen1
dative	dem	Karlshafen
accusative	das	Karlshafen

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Karlshafener
  • Karlshafenerin

Related terms

• Karlsbad, Karlsburg, Karlsruhe
• Karl-Marx-Stadt, Karlstadt, Karlstein
• Cuxhaven, Friedrichshafen, Ludwigshafen, Wilhelmshaven