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Definition: Kafka

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Kafka" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references)

Common Expressions: Kafka

Expressions Definition
3412 Kafka 3412 Kafka is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Randolph L. Kirk and Donald James Rudy in 1983. It is named after Franz Kafka, the German-Czech writer. Its period is about 1212 days (3 years and 116 days), so it is passed by Earth about every 523 days (1 year and 158 days). (references)
Franz Kafka Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ, Umibe no Kafuka) is a novel by Haruki Murakami (2002). It is the story of a young boy and an old man whose life in completely different worlds intertwines as the novel unfolds. The novel contains similar themes found in his other works like The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Mystical events, magic portals, talking cats, and mysterious characters link together two stories on alternating chapters, which allure to philosophy, metaphysics, mythology and jazz and American pop culture. The odd chapters tell the story of a young boy - Kafka Tamura - a runaway who lives in a library, and on a quest to find his mother. The even chapters tell the story of Satoru Nakata, who in an unfortunate incident loses his entire memory and the ability to read. However, he finds that he is able to talk to cats, a recurring theme in Haruki Murakami novels. The story is also graphic at times, and describes in detail some very disturbing scenes. It has been described as a modern Greek tragedy. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: Kafka

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Franz Kafka 68     3412 Kafka 3
Bibliography of Franz Kafka 38     Automatic Kafka 11
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka 24     Bibliography of Franz Kafka 38
Kafka on the Shore 17     Bohumil Kafka 4
Kafka (film) 13     Citizen Kafka 4
Automatic Kafka 11     Franz Kafka 68
Los Amores de Kafka 10     Franz Kafka Prize 4
The Kafka Effekt 9     Gustav Kafka 4
Kafka Americana 9     Introducing Kafka 8
Introducing Kafka 8     Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize 7
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize 7     Kafka (alternative meanings) 3
Bohumil Kafka 4     Kafka (film) 13
The Franz Kafka Big Band 4     Kafka Americana 9
Citizen Kafka 4     Kafka Award 2
Franz Kafka Prize 4     Kafka on the Shore 17
Gustav Kafka 4     Los Amores de Kafka 10
3412 Kafka 3     The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka 24
Kafka (alternative meanings) 3     The Franz Kafka Big Band 4
Kafka Award 2     The Kafka Effekt 9

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: Kafka
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 author, writer.
Consider also: journalist, poet, architect, creator, founder, inventor, novelist, originator, parent, penman, producer, generator, genet, germ, ghostwriter, Golding, informant, source.

Expression

 Franz Kafka.
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Computed Synonyms: Kafka

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 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.5593   Kafka     Franz Kafka         
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: Kafka

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 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.5593   Franz Kafka     Kafka         
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Kafka

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Balgarski Франц Кафка (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) frants kafka (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian Франц Кафка (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) frants kafka (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified kafka 小说 (kafka novel). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 卡夫卡 (Franz Kafka, Kafka), kafka 小說 (kafka novel). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 프란츠 카프카 (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 프란츠 카프카 (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew פרנץ קפקא (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit פרנץ קפקא (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 海辺のカフカ (Kafka on the Shore), フランツ・カフカ (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 프란츠 카프카 (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Macedonian Франц Кафка (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Macedonian, Macedonia, Albania, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Macedonian (transliteration) frants kafka (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Macedonian, Macedonia, Albania, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Macedonian Slavic Франц Кафка (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Macedonian Slavic, Macedonia, Albania, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Macedonian (transliteration) frants kafka (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Macedonian Slavic, Macedonia, Albania, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Makedonski Франц Кафка (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Makedonski, Macedonia, Albania, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Makedonski (transliteration) frants kafka (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Makedonski, Macedonia, Albania, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian кафка (Kafka), Кафка (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) kafka (Kafka), kafka (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki кафка (Kafka), Кафка (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) kafka (Kafka), kafka (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Slavic Франц Кафка (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Slavic, Macedonia, Albania, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
Slavic (transliteration) frants kafka (Franz Kafka). Additional references: Slavic, Macedonia, Albania, Kafka. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Kafka

Language Translations for “Kafka” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Kathagafkathaga (Kafka). Additional references: Athag, Kafka. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Kagafkaga (Kafka). Additional references: Double Dutch, Kafka. (volunteer)
Leet |{/-\|=|{/-\ (Kafka). Additional references: Leet, Kafka. (volunteer)
Oppish Kopafkopa (Kafka). Additional references: Oppish, Kafka. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Afkakay (Kafka). Additional references: Pig Latin, Kafka. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Kubafkuba (Kafka). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Kafka. (volunteer)
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