Kafka

From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the Proto-Slavic *kavъka, imitating the call of a jackdaw.

Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæfkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑfkɑ/, /ˈkɑfkə/
• Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka

Kafka

1. A surname from German.
2. Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

• Kafka (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kafka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 265.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkafka]

Kafka m anim (female equivalent Kafková)

1. a male surname

• “Kafka”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafka/

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• Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka

Kafka m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kafkas or (with an article) Kafka, feminine genitive Kafka, plural Kafkas)

1. a surname, most notably of Franz Kafka

• kafkaesk

• English: Kafka

• “Kafka” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒfkɒ]
• Hyphenation: Kaf‧ka
• Homophone: Kaffka (Margit Kaffka)
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Kafka

1. Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

• kafkai

Borrowed from German Kafka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ka/
• Rhymes: -afka
• Syllabification: Kaf‧ka

Kafka m pers

1. Franz Kafka

• Kafka in Polish dictionaries at PWN