Janek

Czech

Etymology

From Jan +‎ -ek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /janɛk/
• Rhymes: -nɛk, -anɛk
• Hyphenation: Ja‧nek

Proper noun

Janek m anim

1. (colloquial) a diminutive of the male given name Jan.
   • 1922, Karel Čapek, Věc Makropulos‎^[1]:

     Janek vás miloval! Zabil se pro vás!

     Janek loved you! He killed himself for you!

   Synonyms: Honza, Jenda, Jeník

2. (derogatory) Alternative form of janek (“fool”)
   • 1892, Jaromír Hrubý, “Chudí lidé”, in Spisy Fedora Michajloviče Dostojevského‎^[2], Praha: Tisk. J. Otty, translation of Бедные люди (Bednye lyudi) by Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky, page 111:

     A vždyť se přihází nezřídka, že největší štěstí mívá hloupý Janek.

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   Synonyms: blázen, hloupý Honza, hlupák

Derived terms

• jančit
• jankovatět
• jankovitý

 

Related terms

• Jan
• Jana
• Janeček
• Jenda
• Jeníček
• Jeník

 

Further reading

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Estonian

Proper noun

Janek

1. a male given name, variant of Jaan/Johannes.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.nɛk/

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Proper noun

1. a diminutive of the male given name Jan, equivalent to English Johnny

Declension

Declension of Janek

	singular	plural
nominative	Janek	Jankowie/Janki (deprecative)
genitive	Janka	Janków
dative	Jankowi	Jankom
accusative	Janka	Janków
instrumental	Jankiem	Jankami
locative	Janku	Jankach
vocative	Janku	Jankowie

Proper noun

Janek f

1. genitive plural of Janka

Further reading

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