Plzeň

See also: Plzen

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Plzen, Plzeň, from Proto-Slavic *pьlz. First mentioned as a castle in 976.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpl̩zɛɲ]
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Proper noun

Plzeň f (related adjective plzeňský, demonym Plzeňan or (informal) Plzeňák)

Pilsen (a city in the Czech Republic)

Declension

Declension of Plzeň (sg-only soft zero-ending feminine reducible)

	singular
nominative	Plzeň
genitive	Plzně
dative	Plzni
accusative	Plzeň
vocative	Plzni
locative	Plzni
instrumental	Plzní

Related terms

plzký
plž

References

Bělohlávek, M. (1991). Plzeň Guide-book. Czechia: Západočeské nakladatelství, p. 39

Further reading

Plzeň in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Plzeň in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pilsner”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɫ̩zɛɲ/

Proper noun

Plzeň f (genitive singular Plzne, declension pattern of dlaň)

Pilsen (a city in the Czech Republic)

Declension

Declension of Plzeň

	singulare tantum
nominative	Plzeň
genitive	Plzne
dative	Plzni
accusative	Plzeň
locative	Plzni
instrumental	Plzňou

Derived terms

Plzenčan
Plzenčanka
plzenský

Further reading

“Plzeň”, 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, 2024

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