Havel

See also: havel

English

Proper noun

Havel

1. A river in Germany

Translations

the river

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈弗爾河／哈弗尔河 (Hāfú'ěr Hé)

• German: Havel (de)
• Marathi: हाफल f (hāphal)
• Polish: Hawela (pl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Habola f

  Upper Sorbian: Habola

Anagrams

• Vahle, halve

Czech

Etymology

From Old Irish Gall, the name of a seventh-century Irish monk, missionary to Swabia, from the Latin cognomen Gallus, originally from gallus (“cock”) but later associated with Gallus (“Gaul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦavɛl]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Havel m anim (related adjective Havlův)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Havel (hard masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Havel	Havlové
genitive	Havla	Havlů
dative	Havlovi, Havlu	Havlům
accusative	Havla	Havly
vocative	Havle	Havlové
locative	Havlovi, Havlu	Havlech
instrumental	Havlem	Havly

Proper noun

Havel m anim (female equivalent Havlová)

1. a male surname
   1. Václav Havel, a Czech writer and politician

Declension

Declension of Havel (hard masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Havel	Havlové
genitive	Havla	Havlů
dative	Havlovi	Havlům
accusative	Havla	Havly
vocative	Havle	Havlové
locative	Havlovi	Havlech
instrumental	Havlem	Havly

Further reading

• “Havel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːfl̩/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

die Havel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Havel)

1. Havel (a river in Germany)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦavel]

Proper noun

Havel m pers (female equivalent Havlová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Havel (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Havel	Havlovia	Havlovci
genitive	Havla	Havlov	Havlovcov
dative	Havlovi	Havlom	Havlovcom
accusative	Havla	Havlov	Havlovcov
locative	Havlovi	Havloch	Havlovcoch
instrumental	Havlom	Havlmi	Havlovcami

Further reading

• “Havel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024