København
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Danish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Danish Køpmannæhafn, equivalent to modern Danish købmænds havn (“chapmen's haven, merchants' harbor”). Compare Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /købənˈhɑwˀn/, [kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑwˀn], Jutlandic (used derogatorily) IPA(key): [tɕœwnˈhɑwˀn],
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Proper noun[edit]
København
- Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)
Descendants[edit]
- 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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Kjøpenhavn (inherited form)
- Kjøben
Etymology[edit]
From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”), literally meaning "merchants' port". Largely replaced the inherited form Kjøpenhavn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
København
- Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)
Usage notes[edit]
The former county is also referred to by its full name Københavns amt (Copenhagen's amt).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “København” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”, literally “chapmen’s haven”), equivalent to Old Norse Kaupmannahǫfn. Compare Faroese Keypmannahavn and Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
København ?
- Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)
Derived terms[edit]
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- nn:Copenhagen
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