Kaupmannahöfn
Icelandic
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Etymology
[edit]From kaupmaður (“tradesman”) + höfn (“harbour, haven”), from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn. Compare Faroese Keypmannahavn, København.
Proper noun
[edit]Kaupmannahöfn f (proper noun, genitive singular Kaupmannahafnar)
- Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)
- Synonyms: (informal) Köben, (uncommon, poetic) Kaupinhafn
Declension
[edit]Declension of Kaupmannahöfn (sg-only feminine, based on höfn)
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kaupmannahöfn |
| accusative | Kaupmannahöfn |
| dative | Kaupmannahöfn |
| genitive | Kaupmannahafnar |
Categories:
- Icelandic compound terms
- Icelandic terms calqued from Old Danish
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Danish
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic nouns declined using scraped base declensions
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Copenhagen
- is:Cities in Denmark
- is:National capitals
- is:Places in Denmark