Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

k and k

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: k and k
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Imperial and royal, with reference to the Habsburg monarchy, especially as rulers of Austria-Hungary.

Example Sentences

"According to him and other critics who fashioned the concept of a German-Jewish symbiosis to describe the close ties between Central European Jewish and Gentile culture, the k. and k. monarchy was imbued with Jewish thought and tradition."
"And the dead man was kept alive in the loyal memory of his widow, the model of a husband, fallen in the service of the Emperor and the K-and-K postal service."

Etymology

Part-translation of German k. u. k., short for kaiserlich und königlich (“imperial and royal”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: k. u. k.

Questions

What does k and k mean?: Imperial and royal, with reference to the Habsburg monarchy, especially as rulers of Austria-Hungary.
Where does k and k come from?: It is traced to German.

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