København

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish København.

Proper noun

København

1. (uncommon) Synonym of Copenhagen.
   • 1956, “The Sound, Southern Part—Fakse Bugt”, in Sailing Directions for the Kattegat and the Sound: Skagen to Falsterbo, Including Fakse Bugt (H. O. Pub. 41), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, →OCLC, page 268, columns 1–2:

     København is the capital and the commercial, industrial, and cultural center of Denmark. […] Exports from København consist mainly of manufactured articles and agricultural products.

   • 1999, Paul Balchin, Luděk Sýkora, with Gregory Bull, “Conclusions”, in Regional Policy and Planning in Europe, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 247:

     Thus, in 1991, when Denmark and Sweden signed a treaty to construct a 15.5 km length four-lane motorway and double track railway from København to Malmö across the Öresund (by means of a bridge and tunnel), it was anticipated that not only would the locational disadvantages of Sweden be reduced, but that the Öresund region would become the principal urbanised area in northern Europe (Newman and Thornley, 1996, Williams, 1996).

   • 2022, Nicholas Hill, “Sjælland”, in Germany and Denmark, St Ives, Cambridgeshire: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson, →ISBN, page 174, columns 1–2:

     Hellerup is an upmarket suburb of København with excellent shopping opportunities. […] There is often some swell and a coast road runs all the way from København to Gilleleje, bringing traffic noise.

Danish

Alternative forms

• KBH (initialism)
• Kjøbenhavn

Etymology

From Old Danish Køpmannæhafn, equivalent to modern Danish købmænds havn (“chapmen's haven, merchants' harbor”). Compare Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /købənˈhɑwˀn/, [kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑwˀn], Jutlandic (used derogatorily) IPA^(key): [tɕœwnˈhɑwˀn],

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Proper noun

København (genitive Københavns)

1. Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)

Related terms

• københavner
• københavnsk
• københavneri

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: Køpenhavn, Kjøpenhavn; → Kjøben
• → Faroese: Keypmannahavn
• → Icelandic: Kaupmannahöfn, Kaupinhafn, Köben
• → Low German: Kopenhagen
  • → English: Copenhagen
  • → French: Copenhague
  • → German: Kopenhagen
    • → Romanian: Copenhaga
  • → Italian: Copenaghen
  • → Russian: Копенгаген (Kopengagen)
  • → Spanish: Copenhague
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjøpenhamn, Kaupenhamn, (rare) Kjøben
• → Old Swedish: *Kø̄pmanhafn, *Kø̄pmanhamn
  • → Swedish: Köpenhamn
    • → Finnish: Kööpenhamina

Norwegian Bokmål

The Caritas Well (also known as the Caritas Fountain) during the evening in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Alternative forms

• Kjøpenhavn (inherited form)
• Kjøben

Etymology

From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”), literally meaning "merchants' port". Largely replaced the inherited form Kjøpenhavn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çøːbn̩ˈhaʋn/, /çøːpn̩ˈhaʋn/

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• Rhymes: -aʋn
• Hyphenation: Kø‧ben‧havn

Proper noun

København

1. Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)

Usage notes

The former county is also referred to by its full name Københavns amt (Copenhagen's amt).

Derived terms

• københavner
• københavnerinne
• københavnsk

References

• “København” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Kaupenhamn, Kjøpenhamn

Etymology

From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”, literally “chapmen’s haven”), equivalent to Old Norse Kaupmannahǫfn. Compare Faroese Keypmannahavn and Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çøːbənˈhavn/, /çøːpənˈhavn/

Proper noun

København ?

1. Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)

Derived terms

• københavnsk

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kéːbɛnxàːʋn/

Proper noun

København m inan

1. Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	København
genitive	Københavna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	København
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Københavna
dative (dajȃlnik)	Københavnu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	København
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Københavnu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Københavnom

Derived terms

• Københavnčan / Københavnčanka
• københavnski

References

• “København”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “København”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references