Wenzel

German

Alternative forms

• Wentzel, Wenzl

Etymology

From a diminutive of the name appearing in English as Wenceslaus, from Old Czech Venceslav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ. Doublet of Fatzke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnt͡sl̩/

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Proper noun

Wenzel

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Wenzel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wenzels or (with an article) Wenzel, feminine genitive Wenzel, plural Wenzels or Wenzel)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wenzel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Scheller, Andrea (2020) “Wenzel”, in Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands‎^[1] (in German)

Polish

Alternative forms

• Wencel (surname)

Etymology

From a German form of a Slavic name. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.zɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛnzɛl
• Syllabification: Wen‧zel

Proper noun

Wenzel m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Wenzel

	singular	plural
nominative	Wenzel	Wenzelowie / Wenzlowie
genitive	Wenzela / Wenzla	Wenzelów / Wenzlów
dative	Wenzelowi / Wenzlowi	Wenzelom / Wenzlom
accusative	Wenzela / Wenzla	Wenzelów / Wenzlów
instrumental	Wenzelem / Wenzlem	Wenzelami / Wenzlami
locative	Wenzelu / Wenzlu	Wenzelach / Wenzlach
vocative	Wenzelu / Wenzlu	Wenzelowie / Wenzlowie

Proper noun

Wenzel f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname