Jozef

See also: Józef and Jožef

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Josef

Etymology

From Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joːzɛf/, /joːzəf/

Proper noun

Jozef m (definite Jozefi)

1. Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character)
2. Joseph, father of Jesus of Nazareth (Biblical character)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
4. christian equivalent of muslim name Jusuf (“Joseph”)

Declension

Declension of Jozef

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Jozef	Jozefi	Jozefë	Jozefët
accusative		Jozefin
dative	Jozefi	Jozefit	Jozefëve	Jozefëve
ablative			Jozefësh

Derived terms

• Jozë (diminutive)
• Zef (diminutive)
• Zefi (patronym)
• Zefaj (patronym)

Related terms

• Jusuf
• Jusufi (patronym)
• Jusufaj (patronym)
• Jozefinë f

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoː.zəf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Jo‧zef

Proper noun

Jozef m

1. Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character)
2. Joseph, father of Jesus of Nazareth (Biblical character)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔzɛf/

Proper noun

Jozef m (genitive singular Jozefa, nominative plural Jozefovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph

Declension

Declension of Jozef

	singular	plural
nominative	Jozef	Jozefovia
genitive	Jozefa	Jozefov
dative	Jozefovi	Jozefom
accusative	Jozefa	Jozefov
locative	Jozefovi	Jozefoch
instrumental	Jozefom	Jozefmi

Derived terms

• Jozefko
• Jožo, Jožko
• Jožino, Jožinko
• Dodo, Dodko
• Jojo, Jojko

Further reading

• “Jozef”, 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