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)

1. 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)

1. 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