Kraków

See also: Krakow

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹækɒf/

Proper noun

Kraków

1. Alternative (native Polish) spelling of Krakow: A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

Polish

Kraków

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkra.kuf/

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• Rhymes: -akuf
• Syllabification: Kra‧ków
• Homophone: kraków

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Traditionally derived from Krak +‎ -ów, from the city's legendary founder Krak.

Proper noun

Kraków m inan (related adjective krakowski)

1. Krakow (a city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole)

Declension

Declension of Kraków

	singular
nominative	Kraków
genitive	Krakowa
dative	Krakowowi
accusative	Kraków
instrumental	Krakowem
locative	Krakowie
vocative	Krakowie

Derived terms

nouns

• krakowiak
• Krakowiak
• krakowianin
• krakowianka
• krakówek
• Krakus
• krakus
• krakuska

Related terms

adverbs

• krakowskim targiem
• po krakowsku
• z krakowska

nouns

• krakauer
• Krakowskie
• Krakowskie Przedmieście
• krakowskość

Descendants

• → Belarusian: Кра́каў (Krákaw)
• → Czech: Krakov
• → English: Cracov, Cracow, Krakau, Krakow, Kraków
• → Esperanto: Krakovo
• → Finnish: Krakova
• → German: Krakau
  • → Dutch: Krakau
  • → Icelandic: Kraká
• → Kashubian: Krakòwò
• → Latin: Cracōvia
• → Latvian: Krakova
• → Lithuanian: Krokuva
• → Russian: Кра́ков (Krákov)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Krakov
• → Slovak: Krakov
• → Slovene: Krakov
• → Ukrainian: Кра́ків (Krákiv)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Kraków m pers

1. genitive/accusative plural of Krak

Further reading

• Kraków in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Kraków in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Kraków in PWN's encyclopedia