# kajak
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Kajak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq) or Greenlandic qajaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkajak]
* Hyphenation: ka‧jak

### Noun

kajak m inan (relational adjective kajakový)
* kayak

#### Derived terms

* čtyřkajak m inan
* deblkajak m inan
* deblkajakář m anim
* kajakář m anim

#### See also

* kánoe f

### Further reading

* “kajak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kajak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “kajak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Danish
### Verb

kajak c (singular definite kajakken, plural indefinite kajakker)
* kayak

#### Declension
### References

* “kajak” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kajak m (plural kajaks or kajakken, diminutive kajakje n)
* kayak

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Internationalism based on Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒjɒk]
* Hyphenation: ka‧jak
* Rhymes: -ɒk

### Noun

kajak (plural kajakok)
* kayak (a type of small boat)

#### Derived terms

* kajakos
* kajakozik
* kajakbajnok
* kajakbajnokság
* kajakválogatott
* kajakverseny
* portyakajak
* túrakajak

### References

* ↑ kajak in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
* ↑ kajak in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

### Further reading

* kajak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰaiːjaːk/

### Noun

kajak m (genitive singular kajaks, nominative plural kajakar)
* kayak

#### Declension
## Polish
### Etymology

From Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) or Greenlandic qajaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.jak/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ajak
* Syllabification: ka‧jak

### Noun

kajak m inan (diminutive kajaczek)
* canoe
    Synonym: kanadyjka
* kayak

#### Derived terms

* kajakowy
* kajakarka
* kajakarz
* kajakowicz
* kajakowiec
* kajakować

#### Related terms

* kajakarski
* kajakarstwo

### Further reading

* kajak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kajak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kâjaːk/
* Hyphenation: ka‧jak
* Rhymes: -jaːk

### Noun

kȁjāk m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ја̄к)
* kayak

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) or Greenlandic qajaq. See kayak for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkajak]

### Noun

kajak m inan (relational adjective kajakový)
* kayak

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kajak”, 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, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /káːjak/

### Noun

kȃjak m inan
* kayak

#### Inflection
## Swedish
### Etymology

From French kayak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈjɑːk/

### Noun

kajak c
* a kayak
    Vi älskar att paddla kajakWe love kayaking ("love to paddle kayak" – idiomatic)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | kajak | kajaks |
| singular | definite | kajaken | kajakens |
| plural | indefinite | kajaker | kajakers |
| plural | definite | kajakerna | kajakernas |

### References

* kajak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kajak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kajak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)