"Kafka" meaning in German

See Kafka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkafka/ Audio: De-Kafka.ogg
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. Etymology templates: {{der|de|hsb|-}} Upper Sorbian, {{der|de|dsb|-}} Lower Sorbian, {{onomatopoeic|de|title=imitative}} imitative, {{der|de|sla-pro|*kavъka}} Proto-Slavic *kavъka, {{cog|pl|kawka}} Polish kawka, {{cog|cs|kavka}} Czech kavka, {{cog|sl|kávka}} Slovene kávka Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Kafka m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kafkas or (with an article) Kafka, feminine genitive Kafka, plural Kafkas) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.sg}} Forms: Kafkas [genitive, masculine], Kafka [genitive, masculine], Kafka [feminine, genitive], Kafkas [plural], masculine strong [table-tags], Kafka [nominative, singular], Kafkas [genitive, singular], Kafka [dative, singular], Kafka [accusative, singular]
  1. a surname, most notably of Franz Kafka Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname Derived forms: kafkaesk

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "kavka"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "kávka"
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      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Kafka",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Kafka",
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    },
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      "form": "Kafka",
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      "name": "de-proper noun"
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  "lang_code": "de",
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        "German nouns with multiple genders",
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        "German proper nouns",
        "German surnames",
        "German terms derived from Lower Sorbian",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "German terms derived from Upper Sorbian",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Kafka"
}

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