Kraków

See also: Krakow

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹækɒf/

Proper noun

Kraków

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

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)

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

Related terms

adverbs

krakowskim targiem
po krakowsku
z krakowska

nouns

krakauer
Krakowskie
Krakowskie Przedmieście
krakowskość

Descendants

→ Belarusian: Кра́каў (Krákaŭ)
→ 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

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