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Copenhagen

proper nounnounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən//
  • United Kingdom//ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːɡən//
  • United States//ˈkoʊpənˌheɪɡən//
  • United States//ˈkoʊpənˌhɑɡən//

The capital city of Denmark.

proper noun

  1. 1

    The capital city of Denmark.

    In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranian fatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended.

  2. 2

    The capital city of Denmark. The Danish government.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    The capital city of Denmark. One of the former counties of Denmark.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

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

Etymology

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

noun

  1. 1

    A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.

Forms

plural
Copenhagens
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).