Standard Lemma guide

Copenhagen

name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈkoʊpənˌheɪɡən/
  • US: /ˈkoʊpənˌhɑɡən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːɡən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪɡən
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW1 P AH0 N HH EY2 G AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K OW1 P AH0 N HH AA2 G AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The capital city of Denmark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Danish government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: metonymically

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A municipality (Copenhagen Municipality) in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

One of the former counties of Denmark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

An unincorporated community in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

A village in the town of Denmark, Lewis County, New York, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

A community in Malahide township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kobenhavn, Danish capital

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: national capital

History

Etymology

From Low German Kopenhagen, a calque (perhaps modified by folk etymology) of Danish København. See also chapman, haven.

Across languages

Translations

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Albanian: Kopenhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Albanian: Kopenhagë — capital of Denmark
  • Amharic: ኮፐንሀገን (kopänhägän) — capital of Denmark
  • Arabic: كُوبِنْهَاجِن m or كُوبِنْهَاغِن (kūbinhājin) — capital of Denmark
  • Arabic: كوبينهاجين (kōbinhāgin) — capital of Denmark
  • Arabic: كوبِنْهيقِن (kōbinhēgin) — capital of Denmark
  • Armenian: Կոպենհագեն (Kopenhagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Asturian: Copenḥague — capital of Denmark
  • Asturian: Copenhague — capital of Denmark
  • Azerbaijani: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Basque: Kopenhage — capital of Denmark
  • Belarusian: Капенга́ген (Kapjenháhjen) — capital of Denmark
  • Belarusian: Капэнга́ген (Kapenháhjen) — capital of Denmark
  • Bengali: কোপেনহেগেন (kōpenhegen) — capital of Denmark
  • Bulgarian: Ко́пенхаген (Kópenhagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Burmese: ကိုပင်ဟေဂင်မြို့ (kuipanghegangmrui.) — capital of Denmark
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Ко́дань (Kódanʹ) — capital of Denmark
  • Catalan: Copenhaguen — capital of Denmark
  • Chinese Cantonese: 哥本哈根 (go1 bun2 haa1 gan1) — capital of Denmark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哥本哈根 (Gēběnhāgēn) — capital of Denmark
  • Chuvash: Копенгаген (Kop̬engagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Corsican: Copenaghen — capital of Denmark
  • Czech: Kodaň — capital of Denmark
  • Danish: København — capital of Denmark
  • Old Danish: Køpmannæhafn — capital of Denmark
  • Dutch: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Esperanto: Kopenhago — capital of Denmark
  • Estonian: Kopenhaagen — capital of Denmark
  • Farefare: Kɔpɛnhaɣɛn — capital of Denmark
  • Faroese: Keypmannahavn — capital of Denmark
  • Faroese: Kjøpinhavn — capital of Denmark
  • Finnish: Kööpenhamina — capital of Denmark
  • French: Copenhague — capital of Denmark
  • North Frisian: Kopenhuuwen — capital of Denmark
  • North Frisian: Kopenhoagen — capital of Denmark
  • North Frisian: Kopenhaawen — capital of Denmark
  • Saterland Frisian: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • West-Frisian: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Galician: Copenhague — capital of Denmark
  • Georgian: კოპენჰაგენი (ḳoṗenhageni) — capital of Denmark
  • German: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Greek: Κοπεγχάγη (Kopenchági) — capital of Denmark
  • Haitian Creole: Kopènag — capital of Denmark
  • Hebrew: קוֹפֶּנְהָגֶן — capital of Denmark
  • Hebrew: קופנהאגן (kopenhagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Hindi: कोपेनहेगन (kopenhegan) — capital of Denmark
  • Hindi: कोपनहेगन (kopanhegan) — capital of Denmark
  • Hungarian: Koppenhága — capital of Denmark
  • Icelandic: Kaupmannahöfn — capital of Denmark
  • Icelandic: Kaupinhafn — capital of Denmark
  • Icelandic: Köben — capital of Denmark
  • Indonesian: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Irish: Cóbanhávan — capital of Denmark
  • Italian: Copenaghen — capital of Denmark
  • Italian: Copenaga — capital of Denmark
  • Japanese: コペンハーゲン (Kopenhāgen) — capital of Denmark
  • Kashubian: Kòpenhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Kazakh: Копенгаген (Kopeñagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Khmer: កូប៉ិនហាក (koupənhaak) — capital of Denmark
  • Korean: 코펜하겐 (Kopenhagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Northern Kurdish: Kopenhag — capital of Denmark
  • Kyrgyz: Копенгаген (Kopengagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Lao: ໂຄເປນເຮເກນ (khō pēn hē kēn) — capital of Denmark
  • Latgalian: Kopenhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Latin: Hafnia — capital of Denmark
  • Latvian: Kopenhāgena — capital of Denmark
  • Lithuanian: Kopenhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Macedonian: Копенха́ген (Kopenhágen) — capital of Denmark
  • Malay: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Malay: Copenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Maltese: Kopenħagen — capital of Denmark
  • Marathi: कोपेनहेगन (kopenhegan) — capital of Denmark
  • Mongolian: Копенхаген (Kopenxagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Norman: Copèneĥague — capital of Denmark
  • Norwegian Bokmål: København — capital of Denmark
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: København — capital of Denmark
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Копенгаґен (Kopenhagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Pashto: کوپن هاګن — capital of Denmark
  • Persian: کپنهاگ (kopenhâg) — capital of Denmark
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Copenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Polish: Kopenhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Portuguese: Copenhague — capital of Denmark
  • Portuguese: Copenhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Romanian: Copenhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Russian: Копенга́ген (Kopengágen) — capital of Denmark
  • Northern Sami: Københápman — capital of Denmark
  • Samogitian: Kuopenhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Scots: Colpenhaven — capital of Denmark
  • Scots: Copenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Serbo-Croatian: Копенха́ген — capital of Denmark
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kopenhágen — capital of Denmark
  • Silesian: Kopynhaga — capital of Denmark
  • Slovak: Kodaň — capital of Denmark
  • Slovene: København — capital of Denmark
  • Slovene: Kobenhaven — capital of Denmark
  • Slovene: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Lower Sorbian: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Upper Sorbian: Kopenhagen — capital of Denmark
  • Spanish: Copenhague — capital of Denmark
  • Swedish: Köpenhamn — capital of Denmark
  • Tagalog: Copenhague — capital of Denmark
  • Tajik: Копенҳаген (Kopenhagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Tajik: Копенгаген (Kopengagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Tamil: கோபனாவன் (kōpaṉāvaṉ) — capital of Denmark
  • Tatar: Копенһаген (Qöpenhagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Thai: โคเปนเฮเกน (koo-bpeen-hee-gên) — capital of Denmark
  • Tibetan: ཁོ་ཕེན་ཧ་ཀེན (kho phen ha ken) — capital of Denmark
  • Turkish: Kopenhag — capital of Denmark
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوپنهاغ (Kopenhag) — capital of Denmark
  • Turkmen: Kopengagen — capital of Denmark
  • Ukrainian: Копенга́ген (Kopenháhen) — capital of Denmark
  • Urdu: کوپنہیگن (kopehegan) — capital of Denmark
  • Urdu: کوپنہیگن (kopanhegan) — capital of Denmark
  • Uyghur: كوپېنھاگېن (kopënhagën) — capital of Denmark
  • Uzbek: Kopengagen — capital of Denmark
  • Vietnamese: Cô-pen-ha-ghen — capital of Denmark
  • Vietnamese: Cô-pen-ha-gen — capital of Denmark
  • Vietnamese: Cơ-bần-hăng — capital of Denmark
  • Võro: Kopõnhaagõn — capital of Denmark
  • Yiddish: קאָפּענהאַגען (kopenhagen) — capital of Denmark
  • Yiddish: קאָפּנהאַגן (kopnhagn) — capital of Denmark
  • Danish: Københavns Amt — former county in Denmark
  • Finnish: Kööpenhaminan lääni — former county in Denmark
  • Marathi: कोपेनहेगन (kopenhegan) — former county in Denmark
  • Norwegian Bokmål: København — former county in Denmark
  • Swedish: Köpenhamns amt — former county in Denmark
  • Farefare: Kopenhegen — community in Louisiana, United States
  • Finnish: Copenhagen — community in Louisiana, United States
  • Marathi: कोपेनहेगन (kopenhegan) — community in Louisiana, United States
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Copenhagen — community in Louisiana, United States
Real reading context

Copenhagen in complete knowledge articles